Impact of malnutrition in patients with severe heart failure.
Matteo PagnesiLisa SerafiniMauro ChiaritoDavide StolfoLuca BaldettiRiccardo M InciardiDaniela TomasoniMarianna AdamoCarlo M LombardiAntonio M SammartinoFerdinando LoiaconoMarta MaccalliniAlessandro VillaschiGaia GaspariniMarco MontellaStefano ContessiDaniele CocianniMaria PerottoGiuseppe BaroneStefan D AnkerMarco MerloAlberto M CappellettiGianfranco SinagraDaniela PiniMarco MetraPublished in: European journal of heart failure (2024)
In a contemporary, real-world, multicentre cohort of patients with severe HF, malnutrition (defined as GNRI ≤98) was common and independently associated with an increased risk of mortality. Lower BMI and higher natriuretic peptides were identified as predictors of malnutrition in these patients.