Background: Appetite loss is one complication of chronic heart failure (CHF), and its association with pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is not well investigated in CHF.
Aim: We attempted to detect the association between PEI and CHF-induced appetite.
Methods: Patients with CHF were enrolled, and body mass index (BMI), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), New York Heart Association (NYHA) cardiac function grading, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), serum albumin, pro-albumin and hemoglobin were evaluated. The pancreatic exocrine function was measured by fecal elastase-1 (FE-1) levels in the enrolled patients. Appetite assessment was tested by completing the simplified nutritional appetite questionnaire (SNAQ). The improvement of appetite loss by supplemented pancreatic enzymes was also researched in this study.
Results: The decrease of FE-1 levels was found in patients with CHF, as well as SNAQ scores. A positive correlation was observed between SNAQ scores and FE-1 levels (r = 0.694, p < 0.001). Pancreatic enzymes supplement could attenuate the decrease of SNAQ scores in CHF patients with FE-1 levels <200 μg/g stool and SNAQ < 14.
Conclusions: Appetite loss is commonly seen in CHF, and is partially associated with pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. Oral pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy attenuates the chronic heart failure-induced appetite loss. These results suggest a possible pancreatic-cardiac relationship in chronic heart failure, and further experiment is needed for clarifying the possible mechanisms.
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