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European Heart Journal· 2014Q1

Beneficial effects of long-term intravenous iron therapy with ferric carboxymaltose in patients with symptomatic heart failure and iron deficiency

Piotr Ponikowski, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Josep Comín‐Colet, Georg Ertl et al.

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Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) improved 6-minute walk test distance by 33m at 24 weeks (P=0.002) and 36m at 52 weeks (P<0.001) compared to placebo in iron-deficient heart failure patients.

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Field: Hematology

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