Skeletal Muscle Mass Recovery Early After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Patients With Advanced Systolic Heart Failure.
Amanda R VestWilliam W WongJoronia CheryAlex CostonLaura TelferMatthew LawrenceDidjana CelkupaMichael S KiernanGregory CouperAndre C CritsinelisEdward SaltzmanPublished in: Circulation. Heart failure (2022)
Among LVAD recipients with advanced systolic heart failure and high baseline prevalence of muscle wasting, there were significant gains in skeletal muscle mass, as represented by dual X-ray absorptiometry fat free mass and ALM, over the first 6 months of LVAD support.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular assist device
- heart failure
- skeletal muscle
- dual energy
- left ventricular
- blood pressure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- acute heart failure
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- bone mineral density
- computed tomography
- atrial fibrillation
- body composition
- magnetic resonance imaging
- type diabetes
- kidney transplantation
- mass spectrometry
- contrast enhanced