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SUBMITTER: Grimaldi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5717311 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov - Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grimaldi Antonio A De Concilio Annalisa A Marsero Luca L Odida Maxwell M
Indian heart journal 20170830 6
Cachexia is a public health challenge around the Globe but data on prevalence rates in developing countries are very scarce. In sub-Saharan Africa wasting syndrome is mainly related to malaria, HIV infections, tuberculosis and end-stage heart disease and always associated with high-mortality and dismal quality of life regardless of age, urban or rural setting. We report two different cases affected by cardiac cachexia related to end-stage heart disease. The large age gap between patients highlig ...[more]