Anaemia in chronic heart failure is not only related to impaired renal perfusion and blunted erythropoietin production, but to fluid retention as well

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-171

  Westenbrink, B Daan ^a   Visser, Folkert W ^a   Voors, Adriaan A ^a   Smilde, Tom D J ^a   Lipsic, Erik ^a   Navis, Gerjan ^a   Hillege, Hans L ^a   Van Gilst, Wiek H ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Chronic heart failure; Effective renal plasma flow; Erythropoietin; Extracellular volume

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IODOHIPPURATE SODIUM I 131; IOTALAMIC ACID I 125;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CELL SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL CIRCULATION; RENAL PLASMA FLOW, EFFECTIVE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 33847053226     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl419     Document Type: Article

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