It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

The management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HF-REF) has improved
significantly over the last two decades. In contrast, little or no progress has been made in …

Since the inception of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society heart failure (HF) guidelines in
2006, much has changed in the care for patients with HF. Over the past decade, the HF …

Since anemia is associated with poor health outcomes, the prevalence of anemia is a
significant public health indicator. Even though anemia is primarily caused by iron …

Owing to the invasiveness of diagnostic tests for anaemia and the costs associated with
screening for it, the condition is often undetected. Here, we show that anaemia can be …

New therapeutic strategies have emerged along with our understanding that disturbances of
iron homeostasis, impaired proliferation of erythroid progenitor cells, and blunted …

Heart failure (HF) is a major and growing public health problem in the United States.
Approximately 5 million patients in this country have HF, and over 550 000 patients are …

Objective To compare patient outcomes of restrictive versus liberal blood transfusion
strategies in patients with cardiovascular disease not undergoing cardiac surgery. Design …

Guidelines and Expert Consensus Documents produced by Task Forces, expert groups, or
consensus panels. The chosen experts in these writing panels are asked to provide …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of anemia on mortality in chronic
heart failure (CHF). Background: Anemia is frequently observed in patients with CHF, and …