Iron Deficiency In Pulmonary Hypertension

"Ferricarboxymaltose (Ferinject®, Vifor Pharma) is used for intravenous iron administration. This iron is administered in high dose iron infusion of 1000 mg iron (equals 20 ml Ferinject) in 250 ml saline in the vein (infusion site)within 2 hours. During infusion, patients will be observed and blood pressure and heart rate are monitored before and after administration.~Four weeks after iron administration, iron parameters are measured in the general practitioners setting. When iron parameters are still under normal values, a repeat infusion will be given of 500 mg iron (equals 10 ml Ferinject)."