Cardiological clinical practice involves the care of patients with heart failure who lose weight, which not rarely culminates in cardiac cachexia. The differential diagnosis with other consumptive disorders can lead to an extensive diagnostic investigation.

That has been a theme of interest in the medical literature for decades, and its importance remains recognized over time.^– Physicians with decades of experience in cardiological clinical practice have noticed that individuals with heart failure due to heart valvular disease gain weight after well-succeeded surgical interventions that reverse heart failure. In other words, heart failure reversion also manifests as weight gain. A recent outpatient clinical observation [Correia GF & Lima NNC, unpublished data] of 36 patients for months has found body weight variation with the current pharmacological treatment for heart failure including betablockers ().

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