Can Irisin be a New Agent Responsible for the Development of Heart Attack and Cardiac Cachexia?
Journal Title: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiology - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Cardiac cachexia, a syndrome characterized by systemic destruction, nutritional impairment and weight loss [1], has a prevalence ranging between 8 and 42% around the world [2]. The syndrome was first described by the father of medicine, Hippocrates, as follows: “the flesh is consumed and becomes water; shoulders, clavicles, chest and thighs melt away. The illness is fatal” [3]. Currently the most widely accepted description of primary cachexia is, in the presence of congestive heart failure, nonvoluntary loss of >6% of non-edematous body weight in less than 6 months [1,3,4].
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Suna Aydin
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