Anemia in chronic heart failure

Congest Heart Fail. 2009 Mar-Apr;15(2):87-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2009.00049.x.

Abstract

Anemia is frequently observed in patients with chronic heart failure and is increasingly recognized as an important and treatable condition. The present review will summarize the current knowledge of the prevalence, causative factors, and pathophysiologic correlates of anemia in chronic heart failure. Despite increasing knowledge of anemia there are very few evidence-based recommendations for treatment. Potential benefits of therapy with supplemental hematinics such as iron, subcutaneous erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, or both will also be discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anemia / drug therapy
  • Anemia / epidemiology
  • Anemia / etiology*
  • Anemia / physiopathology
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / drug therapy
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / epidemiology
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / etiology
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / physiopathology
  • Animals
  • Causality
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Darbepoetin alfa
  • Diastole / physiology
  • Erythropoietin / analogs & derivatives
  • Erythropoietin / therapeutic use
  • Heart Failure / complications*
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy
  • Heart Failure / epidemiology
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Hematinics / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Iron Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Risk Factors
  • Stroke Volume / physiology
  • Systole / physiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / drug therapy
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / epidemiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Function, Left / physiology

Substances

  • Hematinics
  • Iron Compounds
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Erythropoietin
  • Darbepoetin alfa