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Association of weight change and in‐hospital mortality in patients with repeated hospitalization for heart failure

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Although weight loss in heart failure (HF) is a detrimental condition known as cachexia, weight gain caused by fluid retention should also be considered harmful. However, studies with sufficient number… Click to show full abstract

Although weight loss in heart failure (HF) is a detrimental condition known as cachexia, weight gain caused by fluid retention should also be considered harmful. However, studies with sufficient number of patients examining the impact of weight change and its interval on in‐hospital mortality in HF have not been conducted thus far. We sought to elucidate the association of weight change with in‐hospital mortality in patients with HF.

Keywords: hospital mortality; heart failure; weight change

Journal Title: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Year Published: 2022

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