Disordered Iron Homeostasis in Chronic Heart Failure Prevalence, Predictors, and Relation to Anemia, Exercise Capacity, and Survival
Disordered Iron Homeostasis in Chronic Heart Failure Prevalence, Predictors, and Relation to Anemia, Exercise Capacity, and Survival
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jacc.2011.04.040
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发表时间:
2011-09-13
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24
通讯作者:
Poole-Wilson, Philip A.
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作者:
Okonko, Darlington O.;Mandal, Amit K. J.;Poole-Wilson, Philip A.
Objectives The aim of this study was to comprehensively delineate iron metabolism and its implications in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).Background Iron deficiency is an emerging therapeutic target in CHF.Methods Iron and clinical indexes were quantified in 157 patients with CHF.Results Several observations were made. First, iron homeostasis was deranged in anemic and nonanemic subjects and characterized by diminished circulating (transferrin saturation) and functional (mean cell hemoglobin concentration) iron status in the face of seemingly adequate stores (ferritin). Second, while iron overload and elevated iron stores were rare (1%), iron deficiency (transferrin saturation