Polycythemia is not associated with increased mortality in heart failure

1. Polycythemia was not associated with increased in-hospital, short-term, or long-term mortality. Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good) Anemia has been consistently associated with worse outcomes in both chronic heart failure and acute decompensated HF (ADHF). Polycythemia has been linked to adverse outcomes in acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but whether a similar association exists for ADHF. […] The…