Abdominal skeletal muscle mass as a predictor of mortality in Japanese patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation.
Masaki TsujiEisuke AmiyaMasaru HatanoDaisuke NittaHisataka MakiChie BujoAkihito SaitoYumiko HosoyaShun MinatsukiToru HaraMariko NemotoYukie KagamiMiyoko EndoMitsutoshi KimuraOsamu KinoshitaKan NawataHiroyuki MoritaMinoru OnoIssei KomuroPublished in: ESC heart failure (2019)
Preoperative muscle wasting was associated with a higher mortality in patients with LVAD. Assessment of the abdominal skeletal muscle area on CT prior to LVAD implantation can help predict mortality.