Introduction:

iron deficiency is a comorbidity in patients with heart failure with can cause serious clinical consequences and generate poor prognosis.

Objectives:

to determine the frequency of iron deficiency anemia in patients hospitalized with heart failure and to describe their demographic and clinical characteristics.

Methodology:

observational, descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional. Were included male and female patients, older than 18 years of age, with heart failure, admitted to the National Hospital (Itauguá, Paraguay) in the years 2017-2018. Clinical and laboratory variables were measured. Iron-deficiency anemia was considered in patients with hemoglobin value ≤ 13 g / dL in men and ≤ 12 g / dL in women with ferritin <100 μg / L.

Results:

152 patients were included, with a mean age of 68 ± 14 years being 57% males. Between comorbidities, arterial hypertension was prevalent (95%). 72% of subjects with iron deficiency anemia were found, the frequency being higher in grades II and III of the NYHA functional classification

Conclusion:

The frequency of iron deficiency anemia in patients with HF was 72% and was prevalent in males with functional class II-III. The most frequent comorbidity was arterial hypertension.

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