Incidence and impact of cardiac cachexia in valvular surgery

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Thitipong Tepsuwan, Suphachai Schuarattanapong, Surin Woragidpoonpol, Supap Kulthawong, Anong Chaiyasri, Weerachai Nawarawong
• التنسيق: دورية
• منشور في: 2018
• الموضوعات: Medicine
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=77449096839&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/49266

Cardiac cachexia is a wasting feature of advanced heart failure, which is due to several etiologies and associated with a poor prognosis. This study assessed the incidence and impact of cardiac cachexia retrospectively in 353 patients who underwent valve surgery from June 2005 to June 2006. Using 80...