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Effect of beta‐adrenergic blockade with carvedilol on cachexia in severe chronic heart failure: results from the COPERNICUS trial

BACKGROUND: Cardiac cachexia frequently accompanies the progression of heart failure despite the use of effective therapies for left ventricular dysfunction. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of weight loss, but the effects of sympathetic antagonism...

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Autores principales: Clark, Andrew L., Coats, Andrew J.S., Krum, Henry, Katus, Hugo A., Mohacsi, Paul, Salekin, Damien, Schultz, Melissa K., Packer, Milton, Anker, Stefan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28244261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12191