Prognostic impact of muscle and fat mass in patients with heart failure.
Masaaki KonishiEiichi AkiyamaYasushi MatsuzawaRyosuke SatoShinnosuke KikuchiHidefumi NakahashiNobuhiko MaejimaNoriaki IwahashiMasami KosugeToshiaki EbinaKiyoshi HibiToshihiro MisumiStephan von HaehlingStefan D AnkerKouichi TamuraKazuo KimuraPublished in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2021)
More than half of the patients with HF showed reduced muscle mass. Lower values of both muscle and fat mass were associated with higher mortality in HF.