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Editorial
. 2021 Nov;23(11):1855-1857.
doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2365. Epub 2021 Oct 27.

Iron deficiency testing and treatment in heart failure: the eyes are useless when the mind is blind

Gema Miñana  1   2 , Antoni Bayés-Genís  2   3   4 , Julio Núñez  1   2
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Editorial

Iron deficiency testing and treatment in heart failure: the eyes are useless when the mind is blind

Gema Miñana et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Nov.
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Abstract

Definition, clinical implications, and rate of iron deficiency assessment and treatment in the Swedish Heart Failure Registry. FCM, ferric carboxymaltose; HF, heart failue; ID, iron deficiency; TSAT, transferrin sauration.

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