Artículos de revistas
Cardiac cachexia
Fecha
2001-10-01Registro en:
Revista Brasileira de Medicina, v. 58, n. 10, p. 742-749, 2001.
0034-7264
2-s2.0-0040750344
4463138671998432
1590971576309420
9418970103564137
0000-0001-8980-8839
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) may develop a wasting syndrome, termed cardiac cachexia. This condition should be diagnosed when weight loss of more than 7.5% of the premorbid normal weight occurs over a time period of more than 6 months. Although the pathophysiologic causes of body wasting in patients with CHF remain unclear, studies have suggested that reduction of the dietary ingestion, intestinal malabsorption of nutrients, increased resting metabolic rates, and humoral neuroendocrine and immunologic abnormalities may play a role. The development of cachexia in the patients with CHF results in clinical symptoms, adverse consequences on the heart, and impaired survival.