Open AccessShort-Term Impact of Iron Deficiency in Different Subsets of Patients with Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension from an Eastern European Pulmonary Hypertension Referral Center
Author(s) -
Ioan Ţilea,
Doristasia Petra,
Răzvan Constantin Şerban,
Manuela Rozalia Gabor,
Mariana Cornelia Tilinca,
Leonard Azamfirei,
Andreea Varga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s318343
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , univariate analysis , cardiology , chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension , bayesian multivariate linear regression , subgroup analysis , referral , multivariate analysis , linear regression , confidence interval , machine learning , computer science , family medicine
Over the last few decades, interest in the role of iron status in pulmonary hypertension (PH) has grown considerably due to its potential impact on symptoms, exercise capacity (as assessed by the 6-minute walk distance [6MWD]), prognosis, and mortality. The aim of the present study was to identify iron deficiency (ID) prevalence in specific precapillary PH subgroups of Romanian patients and its short-term impact on 6MWD.