Trial name or title	Myocardial ischemia and transfusion
Methods	Randomised, single-blinded, parallel trial
Participants	Anaemic patients with acute coronary syndrome, aged 18 years or over Sample size =110
Interventions	Liberal group - receive 1 unit of packed RBC following randomisation and received enough blood to raise Hb concentration above 10 g/dL, during hospitalisation for up to 30 days Restrictive group - receive transfusion if develop symptoms of anaemia or if Hb falls below 8.0 g/dL
Outcomes	Trial performance and feasibility, Hb concentration, mortality or myocardial ischaemia, unscheduled hospital admission, stroke, congestive hear failure, stent thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, blood stream infection
Starting date	September 2009
Contact information	Jeffrey Carson (carson@umdnj.edu)
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