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Heart failureAnaemia and renal dysfunction in chronic heart failure
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Correspondence to Professor Dirk J van Veldhuisen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands; d.j.van.veldhuisen@thorax.umcg.nl
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Chronic heart failure (HF) and renal dysfunction are often seen together, and in both diseases the presence of anaemia is common and associated with an impaired outcome. This article focuses on the interaction between the heart and kidneys and the role of anaemia in this process. We will discuss the aetiology, consequences and treatment of anaemic patients with heart failure and renal dysfunction.
Anaemia is frequently observed in patients with chronic HF. The prevalence of anaemia depends both on the severity of chronic HF and the diagnostic criteria used to define it, but may be as high as 50% in selected patient cohorts. The criteria of the World Health Organization (haemoglobin: <12 g/dl (7.5 mmol/l) in women; <13 g/dl (8.1 mmol/l) in men) are most commonly used in the majority of studies appearing on this topic. By using this definition, Go and colleagues found in an HF registry
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