Does intravenous iron reduce hospitalization for heart failure or mortality in patients with heart failure and iron deficiency?
Intravenous iron reduces heart failure hospitalizations in patients with HF and iron deficiency, though mortality benefits remain uncertain.
In patients with HF and ID, this meta-analysis suggests that IV iron reduces the risk of HHF but whether this is associated with a reduction in cardiovascular or all-cause mortality remains inconclusive.
Graham et al. (Fri,) studied this question.