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Title
Wasting as independent risk factor for mortality in chronic heart failure.
Authors
Anker, S D; Ponikowski, P; Varney, S; Chua, T P; Clark, A L; Webb-Peploe, K M; Harrington, D; Kox, W J; Poole-Wilson, P A; Coats, A J
Abstract
Wasting in chronic heart failure (CHF) has long been known but is little investigated. We sought to find out whether the cachectic state in CHF provides additional prognostic information about all-cause mortality.