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…