title: Reply to letter: "preoperative anemia as an independent predictor of postoperative mortality and adverse cardiac events in elderly patients undergoing vascular surgery".
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI pgupta@uwhealth.org.
authors.forename: Prateek K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*