Population
151 patients divided into three groups: HFrEF with anemia, HFrEF without anemia, and chronic kidney disease…
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Implication
Anemia in HFrEF associates with inflammation and remodeling beyond renal factors; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Structured PICO
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Population
151 patients divided into three groups: HFrEF with anemia, HFrEF without anemia, and chronic kidney disease with preserved EF without established HF
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Outcome
Clinical, echocardiographic, and circulating biomarker profiles (including IL-6, IL-10, procollagen type III N-terminal peptide, matrix metalloproteinase-2, tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1, left atrial volume, NT-proBNP, and troponin T)surrogate
Anemia in HFrEF is associated with increased myocardial remodeling, inflammation, and volume overload, indicating it reflects more advanced heart disease beyond just concomitant renal dysfunction.
Cite This Study
O’Meara et al. (2014) studied this question.