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American Heart Association Late-breaking Clinical Trial Report: Risks of Anemia Drug Outweigh Benefits in Cardiovascular Disease Patients With Diabetes and Kidney Disease
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, December 6th, 2009
Earlier results of the Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events With Aranesp Therapy (TREAT), reported at a recent meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, showed that use of darbepoetin alfa to raise hemoglobin levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease (without dialysis) and moderate anemia (low red cell blood count) lessened the need for...
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