Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

Improvement in Left Atrial Strain Following Ferric Carboxymaltose in Heart Failure: An Analysis of the Myocardial-IRON Trial

ESC Heart FailPublished Secondary analysis of the Myocardial-IRON randomised trial

Primary result · LA-LSResult — go to the resultDifference - ∆ 3.55 %

Authors' conclusion

In patients with stable HF, LVEF < 50%, and ID, treatment with FCM was associated with short-term improvements in LA-LS assessed by CMR-FT.

Study context

Population
Ambulatory patients with heart failure (HF), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50% and iron deficiency
Participants
53 patients
Comparison
Ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) vs placebo
Primary endpoint
Change in left atrium (LA) longitudinal strain (LA-LS) by CMR feature tracking
Follow-up
30 days
Methodological detailspost hoc subanalysis, double-blind, placebo-controlled
  • Post hoc subanalysis
  • Double-blind
  • Placebo-controlled

Primary result

LA-LS

Difference

- ∆ 3.55 %

P < 0.001

By group

FCM

−12.0

± 0.5

Placebo

−8.5

± 0.6

As reported in the abstract

Original publication

Improvement in Left Atrial Strain Following Ferric Carboxymaltose in Heart Failure: An Analysis of the Myocardial-IRON Trial. ESC Heart Fail. Published 20 December 2023. doi:10.1002/ehf2.14630

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