Loss of skeletal muscle mass predicts cardiac death in heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction but not heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction.

Koichiro MatsumuraWakana TeranakaHiroshi MatsumotoKenichi FujiiSatoshi TsujimotoMunemitsu OtagakiShun MorishitaKenta HashimotoHiroki ShibutaniYoshihiro YamamotoIchiro Shiojima

Published in: ESC heart failure (2020)

Reduced PMI helps to predict long-term outcome in patients with HFpEF but not HFrEF.

Keyphrases

ejection fraction
heart failure
skeletal muscle
left ventricular
aortic stenosis
cardiac resynchronization therapy
atrial fibrillation
acute heart failure
insulin resistance
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
aortic valve