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Abdominal skeletal muscle mass as a predictor of mortality in Japanese patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation

AIMS: We assessed preoperative muscle wasting in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantations using abdominal skeletal muscle images on computed tomography (CT) and explored the associations between the preoperative muscle wasting and clinical outcomes after LVAD implantat...

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Autores principales: Tsuji, Masaki, Amiya, Eisuke, Hatano, Masaru, Nitta, Daisuke, Maki, Hisataka, Bujo, Chie, Saito, Akihito, Hosoya, Yumiko, Minatsuki, Shun, Hara, Toru, Nemoto, Mariko, Kagami, Yukie, Endo, Miyoko, Kimura, Mitsutoshi, Kinoshita, Osamu, Nawata, Kan, Morita, Hiroyuki, Ono, Minoru, Komuro, Issei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6487708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30929311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12429