Silva C, Martins J, Campos I, Arantes C, Braga CG, Salomé N, Gaspar A, Azevedo P, Álvares Pereira M, Marques J, Vieira C. Prognostic impact of iron deficiency in acute coronary syndromes.
Rev Port Cardiol 2021. [PMID:
34006413 DOI:
10.1016/j.repc.2020.09.007]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Iron deficiency (IDef) is a prevalent condition in patients with heart disease and in those with heart failure (HF). Evidence has shown that this deficit is associated with a worse prognosis. There is only a small amount of data in the literature regarding the prognostic impact of IDef in acute coronary syndromes (ACS), which is the main objective of this study.
METHODS
Observational, retrospective study which included 817 patients admitted for ACS. Two groups were defined according to the presence (n = 298) or absence of IDeF (n = 519) on admission. The clinical event under study was the occurrence of death or severe HF in long term. Independent predictors of prognosis were determined with logistic regression analysis.
RESULTS
36% of patients had IDef. These patients had a higher mortality rate (p = 0.004), higher incidence of HF (p = 0.011) during follow-up and a higher rate of hospital readmissions (p = 0.048). IDef was an independent predictor of death or severe HF in follow-up, along with anemia, left ventricular dysfunction, renal dysfunction and the absence of revascularization. Besides, IDef also enabled us to further stratify the prognosis of patients without anemia based on the occurrence of death or severe HF and those with lower Killip classes (≤2) based on the occurrence of death.
CONCLUSION
IDef was an independent predictor of death or severe HF in patients admitted with ACS and enabled additional stratification for those without anemia on admission and in those with Killip classes ≤2.
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