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A comparison of non‐invasive methods of measuring body composition in patients with heart failure: a report from SICA‐HF

BACKGROUND: Cachexia is common in patients with chronic heart failure and is associated with poor prognosis. How best to measure body composition is not clear. METHODS AND RESULTS: We characterized body composition in 120 patients with chronic heart failure: mean (SD) age 70 (10) years, left ventric...

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Autores principales: Shah, Parin, Abel, Alexandra A.I., Boyalla, Vennela, Pellicori, Pierpaolo, Kallvikbacka‐Bennett, Anna, Sze, Shirley, Cleland, John G.F., Clark, Andrew L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8497207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34216106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13402