EPO and myocardial infarction: 2011). These changes showing evidence that rhEPO results in impaired endothelial function, increased total peripheral and renal vascular resistance together with a systemic procoagulant state. EPO has been linked to hypertension, sudden death after stroke, myocardial infarction, and pulmonary embolism in elite athletes (Pope et al. 2014) which these findings support.