Gabriele Masini

Jul 3, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Fraser Graham |Pierpaolo Pellicori |Gabriele Masini |Surgical Specialties

Discussion We have identified patients with CHF and a low SIC (≤13 μmol/L), low haemoglobin and a high mortality who do not fulfil the current guideline definition of iron deficiency and have been excluded from landmark trials of iron repletion.6, 26 We have also identified patients with a normal SIC who do fulfil the current guideline definition of iron deficiency, who have a relatively low prevalence of anaemia and relatively good prognosis who may not have iron deficiency; their inclusion...