| Literature DB >> 12943893 |
G Michael Felker1, Wendy A Gattis, Jeffrey D Leimberger, Kirkwood F Adams, Michael S Cuffe, Mihai Gheorghiade, Christopher M O'Connor.
Abstract
We investigated the prevalence of anemia and its relation to clinical events in patients with decompensated heart failure enrolled in the OPTIME-CHF study. Our data demonstrate that anemia is common in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure and is associated with a greater number of co-morbid conditions. Lower baseline hemoglobin is associated with risk of short-term adverse clinical outcomes in this population, even after controlling for other baseline differences.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12943893 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00740-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Cardiol ISSN: 0002-9149 Impact factor: 2.778