Association of carnitine insufficiency with sarcopenia and dynapenia in patients with heart failure.

Yoshiharu KinugasaTakeshi SotaKensuke NakamuraMasayuki HiraiMasahiko KatoKazuhiro Yamamoto

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2023)

Carnitine insufficiency is more closely associated with sarcopenia than with dynapenia in patients with HF, suggesting carnitine insufficiency as a potential therapeutic target for sarcopenia in these patients. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2023; ••: ••-••.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
community dwelling
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
heart failure
risk assessment
human health