Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in patients with chronic heart failure and its possible association with appetite loss.

ABSTRACT:

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 p

SUBMITTER: Xia T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695817 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature