Sarcopenia in heart failure: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Sarcopenia has been found to be frequently associated with co‐morbidity among patients with heart failure (HF). However, there remain insufficient data to accurately estimate the global prevalence of sarcopenia in HF. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to conduct a systematic review and meta‐analysis to estimate the current overall prevalence of sarcopenia in patients with HF.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  ESC Heart Failure

• Publication date

  2021-02-11

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/ehf2.13255PMID 33576177PMCID 8006658
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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