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The effects of a high-caloric protein-rich oral nutritional supplement in patients with chronic heart failure and cachexia on quality of life, body composition, and inflammation markers: a randomized, double-blind pilot study

The prevalence of cardiac cachexia in chronic heart failure is approximately 5% to 15% and 18-month mortality rates can reach 50%. Treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers may confer some benefit but no proven therapy exists. We tested the effects of an oral nutritio...

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Autores principales: Rozentryt, Piotr, von Haehling, Stephan, Lainscak, Mitja, Nowak, Jolanta U., Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, Polonski, Lech, Anker, Stefan D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3060643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21475692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13539-010-0008-0