Muscle mass, muscle strength, and functional capacity in patients with heart failure of Chagas disease and other aetiologies

Muscle mass, muscle strength, and functional capacity in patients with heart failure of Chagas disease and other aetiologies

Abstract Aims Patients with Chagas disease and heart failure (HF) have a poor prognosis similar to that of patients with ischaemic or dilated cardiomyopathy. However, the impact of body composition and muscle strength changes in these aetiologies is still unknown. We aimed to evaluate these paramete...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Wesley Peixoto da Fonseca, Tania Garfias Macedo, Nicole Ebner, Marcelo Rodrigues dosSantos, Francis Ribeiro deSouza, Charles Mady, Liliam Takayama, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Wolfram Doehner, Stefan D. Anker, Carlos Eduardo Negrão, Maria Janieire de Nazaré Nunes Alves, Stephan vonHaehling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-10-01
Series:ESC Heart Failure
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Heart failure
Body composition changes
Muscle strength
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12936

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12936

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