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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Muscle Wasting and Sarcopenia in Heart Failure-The Current State of Science.

Alessia Lena, Markus S Anker, Jochen Springer

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05588375 (The Effects of Home-based Physical Activity Telemonitoring Program in Patients With Heart Failure and Muscle Wasting in the Post-epidemic Era), which is not on this map. Cited by 83 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
83citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05588375 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

The Effects of Home-based Physical Activity Telemonitoring Program in Patients With Heart Failure and Muscle Wasting in the Post-epidemic Era

TypeinterventionalSponsorFar Eastern Memorial HospitalRan2022 to 2023Enrolled118ConditionsSarcopenia, Muscular Atrophy, Wasting Syndrome, Heart FailureArmshome-based physical activity telemonitoring program
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. A cardiovascular-motor axis framework for perfusion-mediated motor impairment.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2026
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  14. Sarcopenia Predicts Mortality and Hepatic Encephalopathy After TIPS in Older Adults With Cirrhosis and Improves Prognostic Scores.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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23 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alessia LenaDivision of Cardiology and Metabolism, Department of Cardiology, Charité-Campus Virchow Klinikum (CVK), 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Markus S AnkerDivision of Cardiology and Metabolism, Department of Cardiology, Charité-Campus Virchow Klinikum (CVK), 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Jochen SpringerBerlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), 10178 Berlin, Germany.
German Centre for Cardiovascular Research · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcopenia is primarily characterized by skeletal muscle disturbances such as loss of muscle mass, quality, strength, and physical performance. It is commonly seen in elderly patients with chronic diseases. The prevalence of sarcopenia in chronic heart failure (HF) patients amounts to up to 20% and may progress into cardiac cachexia. Muscle wasting is a strong predictor of frailty and reduced survival in HF patients. Despite many different techniques and clinical tests, there is still no broadly available gold standard for the diagnosis of sarcopenia. Resistance exercise and nutritional supplementation represent the currently most used strategies against wasting disorders. Ongoing research is investigating skeletal muscle mitochondrial dysfunction as a new possible target for pharmacological compounds. Novel agents such as synthetic ghrelin and selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) seem promising in counteracting muscle abnormalities but their effectiveness in HF patients has not been assessed yet. In the last decades, many advances have been accomplished but sarcopenia remains an underdiagnosed pathology and more efforts are needed to find an efficacious therapeutic plan. The purpose of this review is to illustrate the current knowledge in terms of pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of sarcopenia in order to provide a better understanding of wasting disorders occurring in chronic heart failure.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overCachexiaChronic DiseaseExerciseHeart FailureHumansMiddle AgedMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthMuscular AtrophySarcopeniacardiac cachexiaheart failuresarcopeniatreatment

Identifiers

PMID32911600
PMCPMC7555939
OpenAlexW3083227307

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