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Anaemia and iron deficiency in heart failure: epidemiological gaps, diagnostic challenges and therapeutic barriers in sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: Anaemia and iron deficiency (ID) are common and of prognostic importance in heart failure (HF). In both conditions the epidemiology, diagnosis and therapies have been extensively studied in high-income countries but are still largely unexplored in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The lack of adequate and robust epidemiological data in SSA makes it difficult to recognise the significance of anaemia and ID in HF. From a clinical perspective, less attention is paid by clinicians to screening for anaemia in HF, and as far as interventions are concerned, there are no clinical trials in SSA that provide guidance on the appropriate interventional approach. Therefore studies are needed to provide more insight into the burden and peculiarities of and intervention for anaemia and ID in HF in SSA, where the pathophysiology might be different from that in high-income countries. There is increasing appreciation that targeting ID may serve as a useful additional treatment strategy for patients with chronic HF in high-income countries. However, there is limited information on the diagnosis of and therapy for ID in HF in SSA, where infections and malnutrition are more likely to influence the situation. This article reviews the present epidemiological gap in knowledge about anaemia and ID in HF, as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in SSA.

SUBMITTER: Makubi A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5730725 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep/Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Anaemia and iron deficiency in heart failure: epidemiological gaps, diagnostic challenges and therapeutic barriers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Makubi Abel A Lwakatare Johnson J Ogah Okechukwu S OS Rydén Lars L Lund Lars H LH Makani Julie J

Cardiovascular journal of Africa 20170901 5

Anaemia and iron deficiency (ID) are common and of prognostic importance in heart failure (HF). In both conditions the epidemiology, diagnosis and therapies have been extensively studied in high-income countries but are still largely unexplored in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The lack of adequate and robust epidemiological data in SSA makes it difficult to recognise the significance of anaemia and ID in HF. From a clinical perspective, less attention is paid by clinicians to screening for anaemia i ...[more]

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