The wasting continuum in heart failure: from sarcopenia to cachexia

Sarcopenia (muscle wasting) and cachexia share some pathophysiological aspects. Sarcopenia affects approximately 20 %, cachexia

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Published in:Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2015-11, Vol.74 (4), p.367-377
Main Author: von Haehling, Stephan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adipose Tissue - metabolism
Aging
Amino acids
Amino Acids, Essential - therapeutic use
Anorexia
Appetite
Body fat
Cachexia - etiology
Cachexia - therapy
Chronic illnesses
Conference on ‘Nutrition and age-related muscle loss, sarcopenia and cachexia’
Exercise
Heart failure
Heart Failure - complications
Hormones - therapeutic use
Humans
Muscle Strength
Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism
Muscles
Musculoskeletal system
Nutrition
Patients
Physical training
Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia - etiology
Sarcopenia - therapy
Symposium 2: Mechanisms for loss of muscle mass, strength and clinical measurement of malnutrition and cachexia
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Summary:Sarcopenia (muscle wasting) and cachexia share some pathophysiological aspects. Sarcopenia affects approximately 20 %, cachexia
ISSN:0029-6651
1475-2719
DOI:10.1017/S0029665115002438