Open AccessIncident anaemia in older adults with heart failure: rate, aetiology, and association with outcomes
Author(s) -
Andrew P. Ambrosy,
Jerry H. Gurwitz,
Grace H. Tabada,
Andrew S. Artz,
Stanley L. Schrier,
Sunil V. Rao,
Huiman X. Barnhart,
Kristi Reynolds,
David H. Smith,
Pamela N. Peterson,
Sue Hee Sung,
Harvey Jay Cohen,
Alan S. Go,
Rbc Heart Investigators
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european heart journal. quality of care and clinical outcomes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.766
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2058-5225
pISSN - 2058-1742
DOI - 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcz010
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , confidence interval , heart failure , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , anemia , etiology , iron deficiency , ejection fraction , epidemiology , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin d and neurology , physics , optics
Limited data exist on the epidemiology, evaluation, and prognosis of otherwise unexplained anaemia of the elderly in heart failure (HF). Thus, we aimed to determine the incidence of anaemia, to characterize diagnostic testing patterns for potentially reversible causes of anaemia, and to evaluate the independent association between incident anaemia and long-term morbidity and mortality.