Relation of anemia to diastolic heart failure and the effect on outcome.
We evaluated the frequency and importance of anemia in 137 patients with heart failure and a normal ejection fraction (diastolic heart failure). We found that anemia is common in these patients and is associated with greater elevations in serum B-type natriuretic peptide, more severe diastolic dysfunction, and a worse prognosis.
Brucks
Steffen
S
Cardiology Section, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Little
William C
WC
Chao
Tania
T
Rideman
Ronald L
RL
Upadhya
Bharathi
B
Wesley-Farrington
Deborah
D
Sane
David C
DC
D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003971:Diastole; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood; D011379:Prognosis; D013318:Stroke Volume
D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain