title: Gastrointestinal absorption studies in cardiac cachexia.
abstract: The nutritional status of 11 patients with severe mitral valve disease was investigated pre-operatively and 3 months post-operatively. It was shown that they were malnourished pre-operatively, and that this appeared to be related mainly to anorexia.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000855:Anorexia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*
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