“…ID constitutes a frequent co-morbidity in patients with HF, and its prevalence varies according to the clinical characteristics of the studied cohort and the applied definition of ID. Based on laboratory tests (the only study investigating ID in HF based on bone marrow aspirates is presented in Table 1 ), the prevalence of ID in HF ranges from 33 to 74% [ 14 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 45 – 53 ], with higher rates in anaemics versus non-anaemics [ 14 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 45 , 48 , 49 ] and decompensated [ 26 , 52 , 54 , 55 ] versus stable HF [ 14 , 23 , 24 , 45 – 51 , 53 , 56 – 58 ] (Table 1 ).…”