EPO and myocardial infarction: For example, in the Reduction of Infarct Expansion and Ventricular Remodeling With Erythropoietin After Large Myocardial Infarction (REVEAL) study involving patients with acute myocardial infarction, a single injection of epoietin alfa (60 000 IU) was associated with poor CV outcomes without differences in hematocrit levels between the control and the treated group.30