Anaemia associated with greater risk of death in heart disease patients
Friday, May 29, 2009 - 09:14
in Health & Medicine
A new study appearing in Congestive Heart Failure has found that the presence of anaemia in patients with chronic heart failure is associated with a significantly increased risk of death. The findings also show that anaemia is associated with a poorer degree of left ventricular function and a lower left ventricular ejection fraction, an objective measure of cardiac function...