The value of spot urinary creatinine as a marker of muscle wasting in patients with new‐onset or worsening heart failure

• Main Authors: Paloma Pandhi (Author), Koen W. Streng (Author), Stefan D. Anker (Author), John G. Cleland (Author), Kevin Damman (Author), Kenneth Dickstein (Author), Pierpaolo Pellicori (Author), Chim C. Lang (Author), Leong Ng (Author), Nilesh J. Samani (Author), Faiez Zannad (Author), Marco Metra (Author), Patrick Rossignol (Author), Gerasimos Filippatos (Author), Dirk J. vanVeldhuisen (Author), Adriaan A. Voors (Author), Jozine M. terMaaten (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Muscle wasting and unintentional weight loss (cachexia) have been associated with worse outcomes in heart failure (HF), but timely identification of these adverse phenomena is difficult. Spot urinary creatinine may be an easily accessible marker to assess muscle loss and cachexia...