A2. Anemia and/or iron deficiency in the Cardiac Patient medical or surgical

Welcome to the online course of Anemia and/or Ferropenia in the Medical or Surgical Cardiology Patient!

AWGE, Spain Anemia Working Group is a multidisciplinary group of study of anemia in the medical-surgical patient, founded in 2005 by hematologists, anesthesiologists, intensivists, surgeons and biochemical etc.

Its main objective is the study of the pathophysiology of anemias associated with medical and surgical procedures, the therapeutic approach, cost-effectiveness and in particular its ability to reduce allogeneic transfusion.

This course provides an update on the knowledge of the pathophysiology of anemia and iron metabolism in the cardiac patient, to understand the new therapeutic approaches, avoid transfusion and improve the outcome of these patients.

Scientific Committee: Drs J. Comin, E. Bisbe, M. Muñoz The course is aimed especially cardiologists, anesthesiologists, internists and intensivists and has the scientific support of NATA and AWGE. The vehicular language is Spanish.