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Artificial intelligence-based analysis of body composition predicts outcome in patients receiving long-term mechanical circulatory support.

Isabell Anna JustFelix SchoenrathLuise RoehrichEmanuel HeilJulia SteinTimo Alexander AuerUli FehrenbachEvgenij PotapovNatalia SolowjowaFelix BalzerDominik GeiselJuergen BraunGeorg Boening
Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2023)
Preoperative AI-based CT body composition identifies patients with poor outcome after LVAD implantation. Greater adipose tissue areas are associated with an increased risk for postoperative infections, in-hospital mortality and impaired 6MWD and QoL within 6 months postoperatively.
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