Cachexia may be caused by congestive heart failure, and it is then called cardiac cachexia,
which leads to increased morbidity and mortality. Cardiac cachexia also worsens skeletal …

Obesity is a risk factor for cardiometabolic and vascular diseases like arterial hypertension,
diabetes mellitus type 2, dyslipidaemia, and atherosclerosis. A special role in obesity …

Cardiac cachexia as a terminal stage of chronic heart failure carries a poor prognosis. The
definition of this clinical syndrome has been a matter of debate in recent years. This review …

Background The awareness of cardiac cachexia, ie involuntary weight loss in patients with
underlying cardiovascular disease, has increased over the last two decades. Methods and …

Background Cachexia worsens long‐term prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF).
Effective treatment of cachexia is missing. We seek to characterize mechanisms of cachexia …

Cardiac cachexia as a terminal stage of chronic heart failure carries a devastating
prognosis. This article focuses on novel insights into the pathophysiology and on new …

Cardiac cachexia (CC) is the clinical entity at the end of the chronic natural course of heart
failure (HF). Despite the efforts, even the most recent definition of cardiac cachexia has been …

Cardiac cachexia (CC) is the clinical entity at the end of chronic natural course of heart
failure (HF). Despite the efforts, even the most recent definition of cardiac cachexia has been …

Cardiac cachexia is a muscle wasting process that often develops in those with chronic
heart failure resulting in weight loss, low levels of physical activity, reduced quality of life …

The combination of profound muscle wasting and severe weight loss that occurs in heart
failure is a complex phenomenon that involves the interplay of numerous factors. In this …