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.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Anemia / blood
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Anemia / complications*
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Anemia / epidemiology
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Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use
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Comorbidity
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Heart Failure / complications*
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Heart Failure / drug therapy
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Heart Failure / mortality*
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Hemoglobins / analysis
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Hospital Mortality
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Humans
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Logistic Models
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Milrinone / therapeutic use
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Multivariate Analysis
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Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data*
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Predictive Value of Tests
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Prevalence
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Prognosis
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Proportional Hazards Models
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Risk Factors
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Survival Analysis
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Cardiotonic Agents
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Hemoglobins
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Milrinone