Publications by authors named "Dolores Mas"
Muscle wasting is common in advanced heart failure. Myostatin is an important modulator of muscle catabolism. We measured serum levels of myostatin and its propeptide in patients with chronic heart failure and analyzed their relationships with clinical parameters and prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objectives: Heart failure patients have high levels of frailty and dependence. Our aim was to determine the impact of frailty and depressive symptoms on the 1-year mortality rate and the rate of hospitalization for heart failure during a follow-up period of 1 year.
Methods: All patients underwent geriatric evaluation, and frailty and depressive symptoms were identified.
Kidney failure is an important prognostic factor in patients with heart failure. Renal function is usually evaluated by measuring the serum creatinine level. However, a normal creatinine level can mask established kidney failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objectives: Obesity is an independent risk factor for congestive heart failure. Paradoxically, improved survival has been observed in obese heart failure patients. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the 2-year mortality rate in outpatients with heart failure of different etiologies who were attending a heart failure unit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: We aimed to assess the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in a general heart failure (HF) population admitted to a HF unit, analyze the parameters associated with AF, and evaluate its prognostic significance.
Patients And Method: 389 patients, 64 with AF at the first visit. Mean (SD) age was 65.