Prognostic impact of cachexia by multi-assessment in older adults with heart failure: FRAGILE-HF cohort study.
Emi MaekawaTakumi NodaDaichi MaedaMasashi YamashitaShota UchidaNobuaki HamazakiKohei NozakiHiroshi SaitoKazuya SaitoYuki OgasaharaMasaaki KonishiTakeshi KitaiKentaro IwataKentaro JujoHiroshi WadaTakatoshi KasaiHirofumi NagamatsuTetsuya OzawaKatsuya IzawaShuhei YamamotoNaoki AizawaRyusuke YonezawaKazuhiro OkaJunya AkoShin-Ichi MomomuraNobuyuki KagiyamaYuya MatsueKentaro KamiyaPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2023)
Cachexia evaluated by multi-assessment was present in one third of older adults with HF and was associated with a worse prognosis. A multimodal assessment of cachexia may be helpful for risk stratification in older patients with HF.