Cachexia in heart failure. (Clinical Capsules).(Brief Article)
Publication: Internal Medicine News
Publication Date: 15-JUN-03
Author: Moon, Mary Ann
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Weight loss of 6% or more should be the cutoff point to define cachexia in patients with chronic heart failure, regardless of baseline body weight.
That degree of weight loss is the strongest predictor of impaired survival; it reverses spontaneously in fewer than 2% of patients. ACE inhibitor therapy...
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