Review: progress in research of sarcopenia in heart failure

VernacularTitle:心力衰竭合并肌少症研究进展
Author: Chunyan WANG ¹ ; Honghua YE ; Qun LUO
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1. 315010,宁波大学医学院
Keywords: Heart failure; Sarcopenia
From: Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2018;37(4):474-478
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Chronic heart failure,especially the end-stage heart failure,is often accompanied by the loss of muscle mass,strength and functions of muscle.A large amount of trust evidences supported that sarcopenia was linked to poor prognosis of heart failure.This paper has reviewed the epidensiological features,medchanisms,prognosis,and treatment of heart failure-related sarcopenia.