ArticleCardiovascular journal of Africa
Prevalence of anaemia among patients with heart failure at the Brazzaville University Hospital.
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- The Prognostic Significance of Anemia in Patients With Heart Failure: A Meta-Analysis of Studies From the Last Decade.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence of anemia in adult heart failure patients at Saint Paul's hospital millennium medical college and Saint Peter's speialized hospital in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: a cross sectional study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Anemia in heart failure: evidence from a three-year cross-sectional study in Sudan.Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences · 2025Article
- Prevalence of anemia, its associated factors, and impact on quality of life among heart failure with reduced ejection fraction outpatients at the university of Gondar hospital, Ethiopia.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- Prevalence of anemia and associated factors in patients with heart failure admitted to Jimma university medical center.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- Relationship between activeJGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2022Article
- [Epidemioclinical and evolutionary profile of dilated cardiomyopathies at the University Hospital in Brazzaville, Congo].The Pan African medical journal · 2018Article
- Prevalence of Erythrocyte Changes in Patients with Heart Failure.Current health sciences journalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHeart failure (HF) is a frequent cause of ospitalisation in cardiology. Its prognosis depends on several risk factors, one of which is anaemia.
objectivesWe aimed to determine the prevalence of anaemia in patients with heart failure, and evaluate its impact on their prognosis.
methodsThis article describes a cross-sectional study with prospective collection of data, carried out from 1 January to 31 December 2010 in the Department of Cardiology at Brazzaville University Hospital, Congo. Patients admitted for heart failure were included. Anaemia was defined as a haemoglobin level < 12 g/dl for men and < 11 g/dl for women.
resultsIn total, 130 men (47.8%) and 142 women (52.2%) were recruited, mean age 56.9 ± 16.5 years. The prevalence of anaemia was 42%. Average levels of haemoglobin were 9.4 ± 1.8 and 13.8 ± 4.9 g/dl for the anaemic (A) and non-anaemic (NA) patients, respectively (p = 0.0001). Two hundred and forty-nine patients (91.5%) were in NYHA functional class III-IV. Forty-seven patients (17.3%) were on oral anticoagulation and 15 (5.5%) were on aspirin. The average duration of hospital stay was 19.1 ± 16.7 days, without a significant difference between the A and NA groups (19.4 ± 12 vs 18.8 ± 13.8 days; p = 0.79, respectively). Total mortality rate was 17%, with a significant difference between the A and NA groups (26 vs 10%; p = 0.001).
conclusionThis preliminary study showed a high prevalence of anaemia in patients with heart failure, and it had a negative effect on the prognosis.
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