Clinical and Prognostic Relevance of Cardiac Wasting in Patients With Advanced Cancer

CONCLUSIONS: Low LV mass is associated with poor functional status and increased all-cause mortality in cancer. These findings provide clinical evidence of cardiac wasting-associated cardiomyopathy in cancer.PMID:37076211 | DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.039

Source: Cancer Control - April 20, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Alessia Lena Ursula Wilkenshoff Sara Hadzibegovic Jan Porthun Lukas R ösnick Ann-Kathrin Fr öhlich Tanja Zeller Mahir Karakas Ulrich Keller Johann Ahn Lars Bullinger Hanno Riess Stuart D Rosen Alexander R Lyon Thomas F L üscher Matthias Totzeck Tienush Source Type: research