Cancer‐induced cardiac atrophy adversely affects myocardial redox state and mitochondrial oxidative characteristics

• Main Authors: David E. Lee (Author), Jacob L. Brown (Author), Megan E. Rosa‐Caldwell (Author), Richard A. Perry (Author), Lemuel A. Brown (Author), Wesley S. Haynie (Author), Tyrone A. Washington (Author), Michael P. Wiggs (Author), Narasimhan Rajaram (Author), Nicholas P. Greene (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cachexia presents in 80% of advanced cancer patients; however, cardiac atrophy in cachectic patients receives little attention. This cardiomyopathy contributes to increased occurrence of adverse cardiac events compared with age‐matched population norms. Research on cardiac atroph...