Comparison of Blood Volume Characteristics In Anemic Patients With Low Versus Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions

Anemia is a significant co-morbidity in patients with heart failure (HF) irrespective of EF (EF) and is routinely quantified by hemoglobin concentration. Hemodilution as a cause of anemia has been described in systolic HF. This study aims to further investigate the effects of plasma volume in HF patients by 1) assessing prevalence of dilutional anemia…

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