Left Ventricular Mass Index as Potential Surrogate of Muscularity in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Without Cardiovascular Disease.
Alessio MolfinoMaria Ludovica GasperiniAntonietta GiganteEdoardo RosatoMaurizio MuscaritoliPublished 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.
Keyphrases
- body composition
- systemic sclerosis
- left ventricular
- cardiovascular disease
- interstitial lung disease
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- resistance training
- newly diagnosed
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- left atrial
- metabolic syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- climate change
- high intensity