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Anergia – the fatigue suffered by heart failure patients – needs to be further examined, scientists have claimed.

The condition currently affects nearly 40 per cent of older adults with heart failure, but a study published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure revealed that it is often overlooked as a symptom of old age.

Scientists at the Columbia University Medical Centre believe that studying anergia - which can have long-term implications - may provide evidence for the potential benefits of fatigue treatment in heart failure patients

Mathew Maurer, senior study author, said: "The overall goal of our current research efforts is to develop methods to evaluate and assess the causal or contributing factors of anergia in order to develop interventions to decrease morbidity and mortality due to this syndrome."

It recently emerged that researchers have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of stroke patients by inserting ‘tiny scaffolding’ into damaged brain tissue.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 1:00 pm and is filed under Heart.