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The presence of concomitant anemia in many aspects defines an unfavorable course of chronic heart failure, affects patient's quality of life. Among anemic patients with chronic heart failure prevailed persons with a relative deficiency of iron. Aim of the study - to evaluate the quality of life for patients with anemia on the background of chronic heart failure, using a questionnaire FACT-An, and to analyze the existence and nature of the relations between quality of life and indicators of the iron metabolism, based on the study of transferrin saturation and ferritin. Ferritin concentration was determined by ELISA. Transferrin saturation were determined by the formula. Questionnaire FACT-An was used for assess the quality of life in anemic patients with chronic heart failure. The presence of functional iron deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure and anemic syndrome is accompanied by deterioration of parameters of quality of life mainly due to the scale of physical activity and social functioning.
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PMID:[Quality of life and iron metabolism in patients with anemic syndrome developed on the background of chronic heart failure]. 2356 2