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Artificial intelligence-based analysis of body composition in Marfan: skeletal muscle density and psoas muscle index predict aortic enlargement.

Nick Lasse BeetzChristoph MaierSeyd ShnayienTobias Daniel TrippelPetra GehleUli FehrenbachDominik Geisel
Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2021)
Artificial intelligence-based analysis of body composition at L3 in Marfan patients is feasible and easily available from CT angiography. Analysis of body composition at L3 revealed significantly higher SMD in patients with progressive aortic enlargement. PMI and SMD significantly predicted aortic enlargement in these patients. Using body composition as a predictor of progressive aortic enlargement may contribute information for risk stratification regarding follow-up intervals and the need for aortic repair.
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