Left Ventricular Mass Index as Potential Surrogate of Muscularity in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Without Cardiovascular Disease.

Alessio Molfino Maria Ludovica Gasperini Antonietta Gigante Edoardo Rosato Maurizio Muscaritoli

Published in: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition (2020)

Changes in body composition were present in SSc patients, particularly in terms of BMCI and PhA. A correlation between LVMI and FFMI as indexes of muscularity exists in this cohort, suggesting that cardiac mass might be used as a surrogate of nutrition status in this setting.

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