Sarcopenia Defined by Psoas Muscle Thickness Predicts Mortality After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt.

Tongqiang LiJiacheng LiuJianbo ZhaoYaowei BaiSongjiang HuangChongtu YangYingliang WangChen ZhouChaoyang WangShuguang JuYang ChenWei YaoBin Xiong

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2022)

TPMU/height and TPML/height have a similar survival prognostic value as L3-SMI. TPML/height has better consistency with L3-SMI in diagnosing sarcopenia and is a more stable alternative to L3-SMI for diagnosing sarcopenia in patients undergoing TIPS.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
body mass index
patients undergoing
community dwelling
optical coherence tomography
pulmonary artery
physical activity
pulmonary hypertension
coronary artery