ea0029p319 | Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Lipid Metabolism | ICEECE2012
Christensen H.
, Kistorp C.
, Schou M.
, Zerahn B.
, Keller N.
, Faber J.
Objectivs: Plasma NT-proBNP is inversely associated with BMI in patients with heart failure (HF). A possible mechanism may be the lipolytic effect of natriuretic peptides on abdominal fat.Myostatin is previously described as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass in cachexia.We assessed the hypothesis that body composition is related to plasma NT-proBNP and that myostatin levels are associated with loss of fat free mass (FFM)...