Clusters of patients with chronic heart failure based on the analysis of body composition parameters and palliative status

The aim of the study: to divide a heterogeneous group of patients with chronic heart failure, taking into account the parameters of body composition and severity of painful symptoms. Object and methods. The study involved 298 patients with CHF. The body composition was assessed: the presence of sarcopenia and obesity (with the calculation of the muscle mass index), functional class, left ventricular ejection fraction, markers galectin-3, hsCRP sodium uretic peptide, Bartel index. A 10-point Edmont scale was used to assess the severity of painful symptoms. A two-stage cluster analysis was performed.