Anaemia and heart failure

• Authors: Enrico Vizzardi , Tania Bordonali , Elena Tanghetti , Marco Metra , Livio Cas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Anaemia is one of the most frequent co-morbidities in patients with heart failure. Its prevalence increases from 4% to7% in subjects with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to >30% in patients with severe heart failure. Renal insufficiency, activation of inflammatory mediators and treatment with renin-angiotensin antagonists seem to be its main determinants. The results of many studies agree in providing evidence that anaemia is a powerful independent determinant of survival in patients with heart failure. However, the mechanisms of this relation are still not fully understood. Moreover a favourable effect of the correction of anaemia on prognosis has not yet been shown. Also In addition to this, controlled studies assessing its effects on exercise tolerance have yielded controversial results. Further research is needed to assess the effect of correcting anaemia in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients; ongoing reduction of events with RED-HF (Darbepoetin alpha in heart failure) trial will help define the role.

Keywords

EN

Anaemia; Heart failure; Erythropoietin

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 11-25

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2011

online

16 - 12 - 2010

Contributors

author

Enrico Vizzardi

• Department of Cardiology, University of Brescia, 25100, Brescia, Italy

author

Tania Bordonali

• Department of Cardiology, University of Brescia, 25100, Brescia, Italy

author

Elena Tanghetti

• Department of Cardiology, University of Brescia, 25100, Brescia, Italy

author

Marco Metra

• Department of Cardiology, University of Brescia, 25100, Brescia, Italy

author

Livio Cas

• Department of Cardiology, University of Brescia, 25100, Brescia, Italy

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DOI

10.2478/s11536-010-0060-3