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Published in: Heart Failure Reviews 5/2019

01-09-2019 | Obesity

Clinical significance of nutritional status in patients with chronic heart failure—a systematic review

Authors: Anna Wawrzeńczyk, Marzena Anaszewicz, Adam Wawrzeńczyk, Jacek Budzyński

Published in: Heart Failure Reviews | Issue 5/2019

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Abstract

Chronic heart failure (CHF) and nutritional disorders are recognized as major challenges for contemporary medicine. This study aims to estimate the role of nutritional disorders as risk factors for CHF development and prognostic factors for CHF patients and the outcome of nutritional intervention in CHF. Full-text English articles published between January 2013 and February 2019 available in the PubMed and Scopus databases were considered. Seventy-five prospective, retrospective, and cross-sectional studies as well as meta-analyses on patients with CHF, reporting correlation of their nutritional status with the risk and prognosis of CHF and the outcome of nutritional interventions in CHF were all included. Higher BMI increases the risk of CHF by 15–70%, especially when associated with severe, long-lasting and abdominal obesity. Overweight and obesity are associated with the reduction of mortality in CHF by 24–59% and 15–65%, respectively, and do not affect the outcome of invasive CHF treatment. Malnutrition increases the risk of mortality (by 2- to 10-fold) and the risk of hospitalization (by 1.2- to 1.7-fold). Favorable outcome of nutritional support in CHF patients was reported in a few studies. Nutritional disorders are prevalent in patients with CHF and play a significant role in the incidence, course, and prognosis of the disease. The existence of an “obesity paradox” in patients with CHF was confirmed. Further studies on the effect of nutritional support and body weight reduction in patients with CHF are necessary.
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Metadata
Title
Clinical significance of nutritional status in patients with chronic heart failure—a systematic review
Authors
Anna Wawrzeńczyk
Marzena Anaszewicz
Adam Wawrzeńczyk
Jacek Budzyński
Publication date
01-09-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Heart Failure Reviews / Issue 5/2019
Print ISSN: 1382-4147
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7322
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-019-09793-2

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