supported by grants from Ministero della Salute, Italy (Ricerca Corrente) to IRCCS INRCA;Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy (RSA grant) to Fabiola Olivieri
BACKGROUND Anemia associated with cardiovascular diseases(CVD) is a common condition in older persons. Prevalence and prognostic role of anemia were extensively studied in patients with myocardial infarction(MI) or co...
Background Little information exists about the role of anemia in patients with acute coronary syndromes(ACS)admitted to Intensive Cardiac Care Units(ICCU).The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of anemia a...
funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC1300100);CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2016-I2M1-002)
Background Anemia is a common comorbidity of patients with Takayasu arteritis(TA). This study evaluated the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and treatment in Chinese TA patients with anemia. Methods This retrospe...
Hemolytic anemia after implantation of an artificial mitral valve is a rare but recognized complication of surgery. The presence of paravalvular leak after surgery and the necessity of using oral anticoagulants causes...
We describe the case of a 79-year-old male presented with sudden onset of abdominal pain and mild breathlessness, and complicated acute progressive anemia with haemoglobin which declined from 120 g/L to 70 g/L within ...
Background Previous data from a recently conducted prospective, single blind randomized clinical trial among community dwelling older patients with heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) and anemia...
To this day, the target hemoglobin level that minimizes cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients remains unclear. When one examines the many randomized trials of epoetin therapy in aggregate, enhan...
Objective To assess the effects of early correction of anemia with recombinant human erythropoietin(rHuEPO)on the development and progression of left ventricular hypertrophy(LVH)in patients with mild-to-moderate chron...
Many patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) fail to respond to maximal CHF therapy and progress to end stage CHF with many hospitalizations, very poor quality of life, end stage renal failure, or die of cardiova...