Preoperative anemia is an independent predictor of postoperative mortality and adverse cardiac events in elderly patients undergoing elective vascular operations.

Preoperative Anemia Is an Independent Predictor of Postoperative Mortality and Adverse Cardiac Events in Elderly Patients Undergoing Elective Vascular Operations Prateek K. Gupta, MD,∗ Abhishek Sundaram, MBBS, MPH,† Jason N. MacTaggart, MD,‡ Jason M. Johanning, MD,‡ Himani Gupta, MD,§ Xiang Fang, PhD,|| Robert Armour Forse, MD, PhD,† Marcus Balters, MD,† Gernon Matthew Longo, MD,‡ Jeffrey T. Sugimoto, MD,† Thomas G. Lynch, MD,‡ and Iraklis I. Pipinos, MD, PhD‡