title: Preoperative anemia is an independent predictor of postoperative mortality and adverse cardiac events in elderly patients undergoing vascular surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China xuefushan@aliyun.com, fushan.xue@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fu Shan
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Rui Ping
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Li
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*