Simple measurement popularizes sarcopenia evaluation in patients with heart failure

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¹ The Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
² The Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan. Electronic address: tewatana@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp.

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Taro Narumi et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;26(8):e35.

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2015.06.004. Epub 2015 Jun 23.

¹ The Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
² The Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan. Electronic address: tewatana@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp.

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Sarcopenia evaluated by fat-free mass index is an important prognostic factor in patients with chronic heart failure.
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