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 influence...

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Main Authors: Goetz Christoph Mueller, Emmy Lou Schlueter, Florian Arndt, Ali Dodge-Khatami, Jochen Weil, Thomas S. Mir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/452909