Iron infusion could cut heart failure hospital admissions, study suggests

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Receiving an iron infusion every one to two years could help people with heart failure avoid being admitted to hospital, new research suggests. In the study, funded by BHF, 1,137 people with heart failure and low iron levels received either intravenous iron infusions or their usual care. We should now be recommending that, in people with heart failure, regular assessment of iron status is performed and treatment given if iron deficiency is found Professor Paul Kalra The researchers found iron infusions reduced the risk of hospitalisation due to heart failure and dying from a heart related cause by 18% compared to usual care. “Treatment with intravenous iron can make a real difference to patients, and this is on top of our other treatments.” BHF said around one in 10 people will die during a heart failure hospital admission in the UK.