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

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 influenc...

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Main Authors: Mueller, Goetz Christoph, Schlueter, Emmy Lou, Arndt, Florian, Dodge-Khatami, Ali, Weil, Jochen, Mir, Thomas S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507082/