Background: Skeletal muscle (SM) mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammation
and muscle mass loss may worsen prognosis in chronic heart failure (CHF). Diet-induced …

Here, we described the effects of obesity induced by high-calorie diet and its treatment with
exenatide, an anti-diabetogenic and potential anti-obesogenic drug derived from the venom …

Background and aims The assessment of muscle mass using technology-based methods is
less commonly performed when applying the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition …

Methods The study included 65 consecutive patients hospitalized in an urban university
hospital for exacerbation of CHF, diagnosed on the basis of the European Society of …

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome caused by a variety of reasons leading to
abnormal changes in the structure and/or function of the heart, with ventricular systolic …

Background: During the acute heart failure (AHF), acute kidney injury (AKI) is highly
prevalent in critically ill patients. The occurrence of the latter condition increases the risk of …

Background The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and serum chloride level are related to
adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure. However, little is known about the …

Here, we investigate the effects of obesity induced by monosodium glutamate (MSG) on
cognitive impairment and whether this model induces any alteration in the affinity, density …

Background: Few studies have explored the impact of ischemic and non-ischemic etiologies
of heart failure and other factors associated with heart failure on zinc and copper status. This …

The overweight and population with obesity has an increased risk of mortality from HF.
However, some studies point to the existence of an" obesity paradox" where there could be …