Open AccessPrevalence of iron deficiency in patients aged 75 years or older with heart failure.
Author(s) -
Paul Mini,
Marc Bonnefoy,
Fabien Subtil,
Michel Chuzeville
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
hal (le centre pour la communication scientifique directe)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
pISSN - 1671-5411
DOI - 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.11.005
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , ejection fraction , iron deficiency , ferritin , observational study , cardiology , anemia
The latest studies presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) meeting on heart failure and the update of the European Cardiology Society's (ECS) recommendations on heart failure in 2016 recommend intravenous iron supplementation in patients with heart failure, reduced ejection fraction and iron deficiency for improves walking performance and quality of life, and reduces morbidity. In the present study, we investigated the prevalence of iron deficiency in heart failure patients aged 75 years or older, as there is currently no data on these patients.