Nutritional Status and Frailty in Patients with Heart Failure
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Emergency Medical Service, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland
Interests: LGBT health; dietetics; paramedics; heart failure; cardiology
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Interests: cardiovascular diseases; nutritional status; medical science; public health; management in healthcare
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heart failure (HF) is a growing public health challenge worldwide, strongly associated with poor clinical outcomes and high healthcare costs. Among the many factors influencing disease progression and prognosis in HF, nutritional status and frailty have emerged as key, yet often under-recognized, contributors.
Malnutrition, sarcopenia, cachexia, and obesity are prevalent among patients with HF and are linked to worse quality of life, higher re-hospitalization rates, prolonged hospital stays, increased complications, and mortality. Simultaneously, frailty—a multidimensional syndrome often coexisting with nutritional deficits—further complicates the clinical picture and treatment strategies in this population.
This Special Issue aims to explore the complex interplay between nutritional status, frailty, and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure. We welcome submissions focusing on both observational and interventional studies, reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Nutritional assessment tools in HF patients;
- Malnutrition, sarcopenia, cachexia, and obesity in HF;
- Screening and diagnostic criteria for frailty in cardiovascular settings;
- The role of nutrition in preventing or reversing frailty;
- Personalized nutrition strategies and dietary interventions in HF;
- Impact of nutritional status on hospitalization, complications, and mortality;
- Interactions between pharmacotherapy and nutrition in HF;
- Long-term outcomes related to nutritional interventions in HF patients.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Michał Czapla
Dr. Bartosz Uchmanowicz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nutritional status
- cardiovascular disease
- malnutrition
- overweight
- obesity
- dietary patterns
- heart failure
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- nutrition
- stroke
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