Muscle wasting and cachexia in heart failure: mechanisms and therapies
Muscle wasting and cachexia in heart failure: mechanisms and therapies
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Cardiac cachexia is defined as an advanced stage of heart failure associated with involuntary loss of at least 5% of non-oedematous body weight
Muscle wasting, also known as sarcopenia, can occur earlier than cachexia in the course of the body-wasting process and might not be associated with weight loss
Therapeutic approaches re...
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Muscle wasting and cachexia in heart failure: mechanisms and therapies
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1891456896
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1759-5002
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1759-5010
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10.1038/nrcardio.2017.51
