Iron deficiency is a key determinant of health-related quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure regardless of anaemia status.

Comín-Colet, Josep; Enjuanes, Cristina; González, Gina; Torrens, Ainhoa; Cladellas, Mercè; Meroño, Oona; Ribas, Nuria; Ruiz, Sonia; Gómez, Miquel; Verdú, José Maria; Bruguera, Jordi

Comín-Colet, Josep; Enjuanes, Cristina; González, Gina; Torrens, Ainhoa; Cladellas, Mercè; Meroño, Oona; Ribas, Nuria; Ruiz, Sonia; Gómez, Miquel; Verdú, José Maria; Bruguera, Jordi.

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Comín-Colet J; Heart Failure Programme, Department of Cardiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.

Eur J Heart Fail ; 15(10): 1164-72, 2013 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23703106

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Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/physiopathology; Heart Failure/physiopathology; Iron Deficiencies; Quality of Life; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/complications; Case-Control Studies; Chronic Disease; Exercise Tolerance; Fatigue/etiology; Female; Ferritins/blood; Health Status; Heart Failure/complications; Humans; Iron/blood; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Transferrin/metabolism

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Anaemia; Health-related quality of life; Iron deficiency

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Quality of Life / Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Iron Deficiencies / Heart Failure Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Eur J Heart Fail Journal subject: CARDIOLOGIA Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Spain

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