ArticleCirculation. Heart failure2022
Sarcopenic Obesity Is Associated With Reduced Cardiorespiratory Fitness Compared With Nonsarcopenic Obesity in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction.
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- Body composition in patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A comparison study.JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition · 2025Article
- High adiposity linked to presarcopenia and decreased cardiorespiratory fitness in sedentary young Indians independent of their high-fat-salt-sugar (HFSS) food frequency.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Heart failure and obesity: Translational approaches and therapeutic perspectives. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC.European journal of heart failure · 2025Article
- Therapeutic potential of ketone bodies on exercise intolerance in heart failure: looking beyond the heart.Cardiovascular research · 2025Review
- Association of body composition with left ventricular remodeling and outcomes in diabetic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: assessment of sarcopenic obesity using cardiac MRI.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
- Sarcopenia and Cardiogeriatrics: The Links Between Skeletal Muscle Decline and Cardiovascular Aging.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Associations between body mass index and physical fitness indicators among Chinese university students: a multicenter cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Obesity Paradox in Heart Failure: A Critical Evaluation.Current heart failure reports · 2024Review
- Impact of whole-body and skeletal muscle composition on peak oxygen uptake in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European heart journal open · 2024Article
- Time of eating and mortality in U.S. adults with heart failure: Analyses of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2018.Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · 2024Article
- The Safety and Efficacy of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors for Patients with Sarcopenia or Frailty: Double Edged Sword?Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundSarcopenia impairs cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Obesity has also been shown to impair CRF; however, the effects of sarcopenia on CRF in patients with obesity and HFrEF are unknown. The aim of this analysis was to examine differences in CRF between patients with sarcopenic obesity (SO) and non-SO (NSO) with HFrEF. We also assessed associations between skeletal muscle mass index (SMMI) and CRF.
methodsForty patients with HFrEF and obesity underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing to collect measures of CRF including peak oxygen consumption (VO
resultsNearly half (43% [n=17]) of patients had SO. Patients with SO had a lower SMMI than those with NSO, and no differences in fat mass index were observed between groups. Those with SO achieved a lower absolute peak VO
conclusionsIn patients with HFrEF and obesity, sarcopenia, defined as low SMMI, is associated with a clinically significant reduction in CRF, independent of adiposity.
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