Is anemia associated with increased mortality in community-dwelling patients with CHF?
Anemia is an independent prognostic factor for mortality in community-dwelling patients with heart failure.
In this large cohort of community-dwelling patients with CHF, anemia is common and an independent prognostic factor for mortality. Further research into the mechanisms of anemia in CHF and randomized controlled trials to test whether correction of anemia improves prognosis in CHF are needed.
Ezekowitz et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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