STUDY OF IRON DEFICIENCY IN CHRONIC HEART FAILURE SUBJECTS

Abstract

Background: Anemia is a common symptom of heart failure and a significant prognostic factor. We wanted to see if there was an iron deficit in heart failure patients and if was a relation for iron deficit and heart failure severity. Methods: From January 2020 to May 2021, a cross-sectional study was undertaken in the department of General Medicine at Sri Devaraj URS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Tamaka, Kolar. Subjects who met the inclusion and exclusion requirements are recruited sequentially by convenient sampling until the sample size is attained, with the agreement of the institutional ethics committee. Results: The final study included 89 patients with a mean age of 60.3511.47 years, with 65.2 percent of men and 34.8 percent of females. According to the NYHA classification, 31.5 percent of the patients in our study had severity grade IV, followed by 28.1 percent with severity grade I, 20.2 percent with severity grade II, and 20.2 percent with severity degree III. The prevalence of anemia in our study group was 76.4 percent, with all patients with grade II, III, and IV class failure having iron deficiency anemia, but only 16 percent of those with grade I class failure having iron deficiency. Conclusion: There is a significant association found between anemia deficiency and NYHA grade heart failure with p<0.001. the present study showed significant relation of severity of heart failure with anemia.