Prognostic impact of muscle and fat mass in patients with heart failure

Prognostic impact of muscle and fat mass in patients with heart failure

Abstract Background Cachexia, characterized by loss of muscle with or without loss of fat mass, is a poor prognostic factor in patients with heart failure (HF). However, there is limited investigation on the prognostic impact of muscle and fat mass separately in HF. We hypothesized that muscle and f...

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Main Authors: Masaaki Konishi, Eiichi Akiyama, Yasushi Matsuzawa, Ryosuke Sato, Shinnosuke Kikuchi, Hidefumi Nakahashi, Nobuhiko Maejima, Noriaki Iwahashi, Masami Kosuge, Toshiaki Ebina, Kiyoshi Hibi, Toshihiro Misumi, Stephan vonHaehling, Stefan D. Anker, Kouichi Tamura, Kazuo Kimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Subjects:
Sarcopenia
Cachexia
Frailty
Skeletal muscle
Fat mass
Heart failure
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12702

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