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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

The association of anemia as a risk of heart failure.

Zia Ul Sabah, Shahid Aziz, Javed Iqbal Wani, Adel Masswary, Saleem Javaid Wani

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Anemia in heart failure: evidence from a three-year cross-sectional study in Sudan.Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences · 2025
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  4. The Effect of Iron Deficiency Anemia on the Morphology-Voltage-P Wave Duration (MVP) Risk Score.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zia Ul SabahDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Shahid AzizDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Javed Iqbal WaniDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Adel MasswaryConsultant Interventional Cardiologist, Head of Department of Cardiology, Aseer Central Hospital Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saleem Javaid WaniPG Student MD (Medicine), Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
Asir Central Hospital · SASher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe present study was conducted to assess the presence of anemia in patients with advanced heart failure (HF) and compared the clinical characteristics of patients with anemia and without anemia. METHODOLOGY: The present study was conducted on 102 patients (60 males, 42 females) with advanced HF admitted in hospital. In all, general physical and clinical examinations were performed. All were subjected to complete blood count (CBC), hematocrit, and assessment of urea, creatinine, sodium, potassium, and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). The levels of serum iron, ferritin, iron saturation, and iron-binding capacity were also evaluated. The causes of HF were assessed.

resultsMean age was 48.2 ± 5.7 and 42.2 ± 6.2 years in males and females patients, respectively. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 0.26 ± 0.8 in males and 0.24 ± 0.5 in females. 71.5% males and 76.3% females were on inotropic support. The etiology of HF was ischemia in 29% males and 27% females, high blood pressure in 15% males and 12% females, obesity in 18% males and 19% females, valvular heart disease in 7% males and 5% females, diabetes in 11% males and 6% females, and idiopathy in 20% males and 31% females. There was a significant difference in mean age, initial HB, final HB, hypertension, creatinine, BNP, and initial hematocrit level in patients with anemia and without anemia (

conclusionAnemia was seen in one-third of the patients with HF. Anemia was an independent marker with poor prognosis. Anemic patients were older than non-anemic patients.

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Anemiaheart failurehemoglobin

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