Differential effect of malnutrition between patients hospitalized with new-onset heart failure and worsening of chronic heart failure.

Aims: We aimed to investigate the differences in the prevalence, severity, and prognostic impact of malnutrition between patients with new-onset heart failure (HF) and worsening of chronic HF.

Methods And Results: In older (≥60 years) hospitalized patients with acute HF, malnutrition was assessed according to the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI). A score <92 was defined as malnutrition.

Loss of skeletal muscle mass predicts cardiac death in heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction but not heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction.

Aims: Loss of skeletal muscle mass is an important determinant associated with poor long-term prognosis in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). However, limited evidence is available. This study investigated the prognostic value of the psoas muscle mass index (PMI) in patients with ADHF.