Beedkar Amey, Parikh Rohan, Deshmukh Pradeep
Registrar.
Associate Professor , Goverment Medical College and Superspeciality Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2017 Nov;65(11):79-80.
Iron deficiency anemia is a significant problem worldwide and more so in developing countries, like India. The prevention and treatment of iron deficiency is a major public health goal in India It is now well recognized that iron deficiency has detrimental effects in patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension, and possibly in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Around one-third of all patients with HF, and around one-half of patients with pulmonary hypertension, are affected by iron deficiency.1.
缺铁性贫血是一个全球性的重大问题，在印度等发展中国家更为严重。缺铁的预防和治疗是印度的一项主要公共卫生目标。现在人们已经充分认识到，缺铁对冠心病、心力衰竭和肺动脉高压患者有不利影响，对接受心脏手术的患者可能也有影响。所有心力衰竭患者中约三分之一以及肺动脉高压患者中约一半都受到缺铁的影响。
