The crucial impact of iron deficiency definition for the course of precapillary pulmonary hypertension

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 8; p. e0203396
• Main Authors: Sonnweber, Thomas, Nairz, Manfred, Theurl, Igor, Petzer, Verena, Tymoszuk, Piotr, Haschka, David, Rieger, Eva, Kaessmann, Birgit, Deri, Miriam, Watzinger, Kathrin, Steringer-Mascherbauer, Regina, Tancevski, Ivan, Weiss, Günter, Löffler-Ragg, Judith
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 30.08.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Clinical trials; Complications and side effects; Hypertension; Iron deficiency anemia; Medicine and Health Sciences; Risk factors

Imbalances of iron homeostasis are associated with an adverse clinical outcome of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Herein, we aimed to analyze the impact of iron deficiency (ID) in a real-life PH patient cohort according to different currently used ID definitions. In a retrospective study including 153...