Background
Acute heart failure, AHF, cardiovascular death, HF, heart failure
ACUTE HEART FAILURE, HEART FAILURE, IRON DEFICIENCY, IRON DEFICIENCY
Acute heart failure (AHF) remains a leading cause of hospitalization, especially in the elderly and those with a history of heart failure (HF), and is associated with high mortality and rehospitalization rates [Iron deficiency is common in both acute and chronic HF [The AFFIRM-AHF trial (NCT02937454) reported that, in patients stabilized following an AHF episode, treating iron deficiency with intravenous (IV) ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) significantly reduced the risk of HF hospitalizations and improved QoL, without affecting the risk of cardiovascular death, compared with placebo [