Intravenous iron in patients with systolic heart failure and iron deficiency to improve morbidity and mortality (FAIR-HF2-DZHK5)
Contacts- Mahir Karakas
- Stefan Anker
Emails Inclusion criteria- Patients aged at least 18 years
Patients with chronic heart failure present for at least 12 months
Confirmed presence of iron deficiency
Serum haemoglobin of 9.5 to 14.0 g/dL
Exclusion criteria- Hypersensitivity to the active substance
- to FCM or any of its excipients
Known serious hypersensitivity to other parenteral iron products
Anaemia not attributed to iron deficiency
- e.g. other microcytic anaemia
Evidence of iron overload or disturbances in the utilisation of iron