Malnutrition,as an independent predictor of incidence and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure(CHF),has a serious impact on the treatment effect of patients.Conducting nutritional risk assessment and providing nutritional interventions for CHF patients can effectively improve their quality of life.On the basis of elaborating on the risk factors for malnutrition in CHF patients,this paper reviews the assessment tools for malnutrition in CHF patients,aiming to promote the localization of malnutrition assessment tools and the research and clinical application of malnutrition specific assessment tools,making nutrition assessment a routine part of overall health assessment for CHF patients.