Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity as prognostic predictors in hospitalized elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Natália de Moraes SantanaRoberta Maria Lins MendesNadja Fernandes da SilvaCláudia Porto Sabino Pinho RamiroPublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2019)
Prevalence of sarcopenia was high and associated with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score. Sarcopenic obesity affected approximately one-third of patients and was not associated with any of the prognostic predictors.
Keyphrases
- acute myocardial infarction
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- weight loss
- skeletal muscle
- type diabetes
- left ventricular
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- community dwelling
- high fat diet induced
- weight gain
- heart failure
- pulmonary embolism
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- physical activity
- body mass index