Among iron-deficient patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), receiving intravenous iron ...

“Doctors assess your iron status by measuring ferritin and transferrin saturation,” she explains. Your body uses these proteins to store and transport iron around the body. A drop in iron ...

Morning is the best time to conduct this test because that’s when your iron levels are highest. Transferrin is a protein in the blood that transports iron throughout your body. Examining how ...

In patients with heart failure and iron deficiency, ferric carboxymaltose did not significantly reduce the time to first heart failure hospitalization or cardiovascular death in the overall cohort or ...

Iron overload is being recognized to play ... although a majority of the C282Y homozygotes develop elevated serum ferritin (SF) and transferrin saturation (TS), less than half develop any symptoms ...

Study findings support the monitoring and management of iron status in patients with early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Intervention: Initial and follow-up assessment of the following biochemical parameters in association with clinical assessment; serum iron, ferritin, transferrin, percent transferrin saturation, ...