Does iron deficiency have greater predictive power for outcomes than anemia in patients with chronic heart failure?
Iron deficiency is a strong, independent predictor of outcomes in chronic heart failure, demonstrating greater predictive power than anemia.
Iron deficiency is common in patients with chronic HF, relates to disease severity, and is a strong and independent predictor of outcome. In this study, ID appears to have greater predictive power than anemia.
Klip et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
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