Table 1 Exclusion Criteria

Hemoglobin < 14 g/l prior to 1998

37

Emergency Procedures

36

Complex Congenital Heart Disease

5

Cardiogenic Shock

10

Ineffective EPO therapy

3

Sickle cell disease

1

Non correctable hemostasis abnormality (low platelet count)

Body Mass Index < 15

7

Thoraco-abdominal aneurysm

16