Anemia in chronic heart failure patients: comparison between invasive and non-invasive prognostic markers

Abstract

The present study demonstrates that anemia in CHF patients is associated with prognosis, worse NYHA functional class, exercise capacity and hemodynamic profiles. The relationship between anemia and mortality is independent of other simple non-invasive prognostic factors. Prognostic models with more complex or invasive independent predictors did not increase the accuracy to predict cardiac mortality or the need for urgent transplantation.

Improvement in refractory heart failure by nephrectomy for renal tumour

“…Hypoalbuminaemia, a common cause of decreased COP,4 5 is independently associated with increased mortality in patients admitted with congestive cardiac failure (CCF) 6 7. In patients with CHF, even relatively mild degrees of anaemia are associated with worsening symptoms, functional status and survival 8 9. Renal cell carcinoma is known to cause both hypoalbuminaemia and anaemia and the severity is worse in advanced stages 10.…”