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Contribution of skeletal muscle atrophy to exercise intolerance and altered muscle metabolism in heart failure.

Donna Mancini, Gerhard Walter, Nathaniel Reichek, Robert E. Lenkinski, Kevin K. McCully, J L Mullen, John Wilson

Circulation · 1992 · 728 citations · 39 references

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Abstract

These findings indicate that patients with chronic HF frequently develop significant skeletal muscle atrophy and metabolic abnormalities. Atrophy contributes modestly to both the reduced exercise capacity and altered muscle metabolism.

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Gary S. Francis, Claude R. Benedict, David E. Johnstone et al. · Circulation · 1990 · 1.4K citations

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