Anemia in Heart Failure May Warrant More Aggressive Listing for Cardiac Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1499-1500

  Geisberg, C ^a   Nading, M A ^a   Listerman, J ^a   Huang, R ^a   Goring, J ^a   Butler, J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33745199109     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.117     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Tanner H., Moschovitis G., Kuster G.M., et al. The prevalence of anemia in chronic heart failure. Int J Cardiol 86 (2002) 115
2. Mozaffarian D., Nye R., Levy W.C., et al. Anemia predicts mortality in severe heart failure. the PRAISE Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 41 (2003) 1933
3. World Health Organization, Geneva Switzerland 2001. Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2001/WHO_NHD_01.3.pdf. Accessed August 12, 2005.
4. Silverberg D., Wexler D., Sheps D., et al. The effect of correction of mild anemia in severe, resistant congestive heart failure using subcutaneous erythropoietin and intravenous iron. a randomized controlled study. J Am Coll Cardiol 37 (2001) 1775