Author/Authors :
Felker، نويسنده , , G.Michael and Gattis، نويسنده , , Wendy A. and Leimberger، نويسنده , , Jeffrey D. and Adams، نويسنده , , Kirkwood F. and Cuffe، نويسنده , , Michael S. and Gheorghiade، نويسنده , , Mihai and OʹConnor، نويسنده , , Christopher M.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We investigated the prevalence of anemia and its relation to clinical events in patients with decompensated heart failure enrolled in the OPTIME-CHF study. Our data demonstrate that anemia is common in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure and is associated with a greater number of co-morbid conditions. Lower baseline hemoglobin is associated with risk of short-term adverse clinical outcomes in this population, even after controlling for other baseline differences.
