What is the condition in which severe congestive heart failure is characterized by a state of severe malnutrition?

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Cardiac cachexia is defined as involuntary weight loss of at least 6% nonedematous body weight over a 6-month period that occurs in patients with heart failure.Unlike normal starvation, this weight loss is characterized by loss of lean body tissue and heart muscle.A number of factors contribute to the development of cardiac cachexia, including a proinflammatory, catabolic state.

What Is the Condition in Which Severe Congestive Heart Failure