Anemia in severe heart failure patients: does it predict prognosis?
Tamrat Befekadu AbebeEyob Alemayehu GebreyohannesAkshaya Srikanth BhagavathulaYonas Getaye TeferaTadesse Melaku AbegazPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2017)
HF patients with anemia tend to be older age, had lower hemoglobin and sodium level and higher creatinine value. Moreover, there was a significant difference in the prognosis between study cohorts, as anemic pateints tend to have a worse survival status . Even though, anemia is a significant risk marker, it is not an independent predictor of mortality in the current study.