Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia on Physical Function in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia on Physical Function in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

Objective: The aim of this study was to confirm the effects of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and anemia on physical function and to clarify whether the interaction between CKD and anemia has an additive effect. Design: Eligible subjects were chronic heart failure (HF) patients who were discharged bet...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cardiorenal medicine 2014-08, Vol.4 (2), p.73-81
Hauptverfasser: Saitoh, Masakazu, Itoh, Haruki, Morotomi, Nobuo, Ozawa, Tetsuya, Ishii, Noriko, Uewaki, Reina, Hori, Kentaro, Shiotani, Yohei, Ando, Miki, Nakashima, Shogo, Kawai, Kana, Ohno, Azusa, Nagayama, Masatoshi
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Zusammenfassung:Objective: The aim of this study was to confirm the effects of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and anemia on physical function and to clarify whether the interaction between CKD and anemia has an additive effect. Design: Eligible subjects were chronic heart failure (HF) patients who were discharged between March 2007 and August 2009. A total of 102 chronic HF patients (33% females; mean age: 68 ± 14 years) were enrolled in the present study. CKD was defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate of
ISSN:1664-3828
1664-5502
DOI:10.1159/000362252