Anaemia and long term mortality in heart failure patients: a retrospective study

Anaemia has been demonstrated as a risk factor in patients with heart failure over periods of a few years, but long term data are not available. We examined the long-term risk of anaemia in heart failure patients during 15 years of follow-up. We evaluated survival data for 1518 patients with heart f...

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Published in:The open cardiovascular medicine journal 2010-08, Vol.4 (1), p.173-177
Main Authors: Charlot, Mette, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Valeur, Nana, Seibæk, Marie, Weeke, Peter, Køber, Lars
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Language:English
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Summary:Anaemia has been demonstrated as a risk factor in patients with heart failure over periods of a few years, but long term data are not available. We examined the long-term risk of anaemia in heart failure patients during 15 years of follow-up. We evaluated survival data for 1518 patients with heart failure randomized into the Danish Investigations of Arrhythmia and Mortality on Dofetilide (DIAMOND) trial. The follow-up time was from 13 to 15 years. After 15 years 11.5% of the patients were still alive. Anaemia was present in 34% of the patients. 264 (17%) had mild, 152 (10%) had moderate and 98 (7%) had severe anaemia. Hazard ratio of death for patients with mild anaemia compared with patients with no anaemia was 1.27 (1.11-1.45, p
ISSN:1874-1924
1874-1924
DOI:10.2174/1874192401004010173