Imbalance of Iron Availability and Demand in Patients With Acute and Chronic Heart Failure.

Lukas LanserGerhard PoelzlMoritz Messner Maria Ungericht Marc-Michael Zaruba Jakob HirschStefan HechenbergerStefan ObersteinerBernhard Koller Hanno Ulmer Guenter Weiss

Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)

Our results suggest that the current European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association-based ID definition might overestimate true ID, particularly in CHF. More stringent thresholds for ID could more accurately identify patients with heart failure with reduced tissue iron availability who benefit from intravenous iron supplementation.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
cardiac surgery
heart failure
high dose
thoracic surgery
atrial fibrillation
acute kidney injury