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Nutritional Abnormalities in Nonhospitalized Patients with Primitive Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Faintuch Jacob J.,
Faintuch Joel,
Américo Friedman Antonio,
Do Serro Azul Luis Gastão,
Venere Decourt Luiz
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607181005005430
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , anthropometry , cardiomyopathy , creatinine , cardiology , gastroenterology , heart failure
The present investigation was aimed at studying the influence of primitive myocardial disease on the nutritional status of nonhospitalized patients. In a group of 93 consecutive cases, without additional organic disabilities or known nutritional deficits, a simplified protocol of anthropometric and biochemical measurements was applied, including weight/ height, triceps skinfold, arm muscle circumference, albumin, cholesterol, hemoglobin, and creatinine excretion. All these findings were analyzed in the light of the left ventricular functional status, as assessed by phonomechanographic parameters. The conclusions were: (1) primitive cardiomyopathy with significant ventricular impairment is associated with some signs of malnutrition; (2) triceps skinfold is the most affected index in those cases.