Response to: Association of Intraoperative Red Blood Cell Transfusions With Venous Thromboembolism and Adverse Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery

• Jacob Raphael, MD,
• Xiaoke Feng, MS,
• Matthew S. Shotwell, PhD,
• Michael A. Mazzeffi, MD, MPH,
• Bruce A. Bollen, MD,
• Ashish S. Shah, MD,
• Miklos D. Kertai, MD, MMHC, PhD

Affiliations

Jacob Raphael, MD

From the * Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

Xiaoke Feng, MS

† Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Matthew S. Shotwell, PhD

† Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Michael A. Mazzeffi, MD, MPH

§ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC

Bruce A. Bollen, MD

‖ Missoula Anesthesiology PC, Missoula, MT

Ashish S. Shah, MD

¶ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Miklos D. Kertai, MD, MMHC, PhD

‡ Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN