Psoas Muscle Area Predicts Mortality after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

Several risk scores and classifications are available to predict peri- and post-operative mortality of patients with end stage heart failure receiving Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) therapy. Sarcopenia has been suggested as a sensitive predictor for post-operative mortality. We evaluated whet...

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Autores principales: Wittmann, Franziska, Schlöglhofer, Thomas, Riebandt, Julia, Schaefer, Anne-Kristin, Wiedemann, Dominik, Tschernko, Edda, Beitzke, Dietrich, Loewe, Christian, Laufer, Günther, Zimpfer, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8465376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34575071
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11090922

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8465376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34575071
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11090922

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