Anemia and iron deficiency are two important co-morbidities in heart failure. Up to 50% of patients with heart failure are iron deficient.
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0 -> Iron is essential for keeping our bodies and brains healthy.
4.52 -> It brings oxygen to our blood cells, helps convert food into energy,
8.4 -> and enables us to maintain a normal immune system.
12.4 -> Too little or too much iron has detrimental effects on the body,
16 -> and can lead to arrhythmia and blood pressure anomalies.
21.12 -> Anemia is a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin in the blood,
27.08 -> leading to a lowered capacity of the blood to carry oxygen.
31 -> The most common type of anemia is caused by lack of iron, such as in blood loss or extra need of iron as in pregnancy.
38.88 -> Iron deficiency without anemia can occur when a person has a normal amount of RBCs/hemoglobin, but below normal iron in the blood,
48.16 -> which is measured by serum ferritin (protein that stores and releases iron) and transferrin saturation that are too low.
56.76 -> Anemia and iron deficiency are two important co-morbidities in heart failure.
62.24 -> Up to 50% of patients with heart failure are iron deficient.
67 -> The consequences of iron deficiency in heart failure include reduced functional capacity,
72.4 -> increased risk of hospitalisation, increased symptoms and poorer quality of life.
79 -> The 2021 European Society of Cardiology heart failure guidelines updates
84.6 -> recommend diagnostic tests in all patients with suspected chronic heart failure.
89.8 -> And for all patients with heart failure, it is recommended that they are periodically screened for anaemia and iron deficiency.
97.72 -> Intravenous iron is the recommended treatment to alleviate heart failure symptoms
103 -> and improve exercise capacity and quality of life.
108.4 -> There is no clinical evidence of oral iron benefit in heart failure patients.
