A single dose of erythropoietin in ST-elevation myocardial infarction by Adriaan A. Voors, Anne M.S. Belonje, Felix Zijlstra, Hans L. Hillege, Stefan D. Anker, Riemer H.J.A. Slart, René A. Tio, Arnoud van ‘t Hof, J. Wouter Jukema, Hans Otto J. Peels, José P.S. Henriques, Jurriën M. ten Berg, Jeroen Vos, Wiek H. van Gilst, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, and EHJ Volume 31(21): November 1, 2010 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author For permissions please
Flowchart representing number of patients randomized to erythropoietin or control, and patients who dropped out for provided reasons. Adriaan A. Voors et al. Eur Heart J 2010;31: Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author For permissions please
Primary endpoint; mean left ventricular ejection fraction (± standard deviation) of patients treated with erythropoietin and of patients in the control group, 6 weeks after a successful primary coronary intervention. Adriaan A. Voors et al. Eur Heart J 2010;31: Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author For permissions please
Secondary outcome: Kaplan–Meier curves indicating pre-defined cardiovascular events within 6 weeks after a successful primary coronary intervention for a first ST-elevation myocardial infarction in patients treated with a single high dose of erythropoietin or control patients. Adriaan A. Voors et al. Eur Heart J 2010;31: Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author For permissions please