Prevalence of Anemia in Children with Congestive Heart Failure due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy

• Main Authors: Goetz Christoph Mueller (Author), Emmy Lou Schlueter (Author), Florian Arndt (Author), Ali Dodge-Khatami (Author), Jochen Weil (Author), Thomas S. Mir (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Introduction. Anemia is prevalent in adult heart failure patients and appears to be an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this work is to determine the prevalence of anemia in children with heart failure from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and to evaluate its influence...