Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 533-539 , September 2006

Anemia, Physical Disability, and Survival in Older Patients With Heart Failure

  • Cinzia Maraldi, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, College of Medicine, Institute on Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
    • Section of Internal Medicine, Gerontology, and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Cinzia Maraldi, MD, Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, College of Medicine, Institute on Aging, University of Florida, 1329 SW 16th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608.
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  • Stefano Volpato, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Section of Internal Medicine, Gerontology, and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy
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  • Matteo Cesari, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, College of Medicine, Institute on Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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  • Graziano Onder, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Claudio Pedone, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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  • Richard C. Woodman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ortho Biotech Clinical Affairs, LLC, Bridgewater, New Jersey
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  • Renato Fellin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Internal Medicine, Gerontology, and Geriatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy
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  • Marco Pahor, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, College of Medicine, Institute on Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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  • Investigators of the Gruppo Italiano di Farmacoepidemiologia nell'Anziano Study

Received 5 December 2005 ,Revised 30 March 2006 ,Accepted 5 May 2006.

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 This research was conducted on behalf of the investigators of the Gruppo Italiano di Farmacoepidemiologia nell'Anziano (GIFA). A complete list of the GIFA investigators has been published previously (Pharmacol Res 1999;40:287–95). Data analysis was supported by an educational grant from Ortho Biotech Clinical Affairs (Bridgewater, NJ).

PII: S1071-9164(06)00229-6

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.05.002

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 533-539 , September 2006

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