SERUM ALBUMIN LEVELS IN HEART FAILURE Prognostic Significance of Serum Albumin Levels in Patients with Systolic Heart Failure
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INTRODUCTION: Hypoalbuminemia is a common laboratory finding in patients with systolic heart failure (HF), occurring in approximately one third of patients. (1) The possible mechanisms of hypoalbuminemia in patients with HF are malnutrition, chronic inflammation, infection, hemodilution, proteinuria, and other mechanisms. By reducing colloid osmotic pressure, hypoalbuminemia can affect the degree of pulmonary congestion and HF symptoms .(2,3,4) In disease states, such as end-stage chronic renal failure, cancer and infection, and in the elderly, hypoalbuminemia is associated with poor outcomes .(5,6,7,8,9) For example, hypoalbuminemia has been found to be the strongest predictor of death in dialysis patients .(10,11) The importance of
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