Management of Anemia in Patients with EndocaRditis Infectious Candidates for Cardiac Surgery: the AMERICA Study

Patients with an absolute deficiency (ferritin ≤100 μg/L) or functional deficiency (ferritin ≤ 300 μg/L with transferrin saturation ≤20%) receive iron supplementation, through a single administration of an iron preparation for intravenous use administered according to the doses present in the technical data sheet.

the only routine clinical data collection (Hb, iron status, direct and indirect Coombs test, IL6, erythropoietin dosage, number of units of blood components possibly transfused)