Fast Five Quiz: Iron Deficiency and Anemia in Heart Failure

Figure 1. Heart failure in a patient with anemia.

Anemia in patients with heart failure has a multifactorial etiology. The highest risk for anemia is seen in patients with concomitant chronic kidney disease or diabetes mellitus, older age, and more advanced disease.

Anemia is a high-output state that can precipitate the clinical presentation of heart failure due to increased myocardial oxygen consumption and demand beyond what the heart can provide. Other high-output states that may trigger the clinical presentation of heart failure include:

• Thyrotoxicosis

• Myxedema

• Paget disease of bone

• Albright syndrome

• Multiple myeloma

• Glomerulonephritis

• Cor pulmonale

• Polycythemia vera

• Obesity

• Carcinoid syndrome

• Pregnancy

• Nutritional deficiencies (eg, thiamine deficiency, beriberi)

Learn more about the management of heart failure in patients with comorbidities.

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Cite this: Arnold S. Baas, Jeff Hsu. Fast Five Quiz: Iron Deficiency and Anemia in Heart Failure - Medscape - Mar 15, 2021.