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Impact of sarcopenia on prognostic value of cirrhosis: going beyond the hepatic venous pressure gradient and MELD score.

Seong Hee KangWoo Kyoung JeongSoon Koo BaikSeung Hwan ChaMoon-Young Kim
Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2019)
Sarcopenia is associated with mortality in compensated and early decompensated cirrhosis, and existing conventional prognostic factors had limited value in severe sarcopenia. Therefore, incorporating sarcopenia in the conventional prognostic factors had added value, particularly in compensated and early decompensated cirrhosis. Subclassification of prognostic factors according to sarcopenia may help to better assess the prognosis of cirrhosis.
Keyphrases
  • prognostic factors
  • skeletal muscle
  • heart failure
  • community dwelling
  • ejection fraction
  • cardiovascular events
  • early onset
  • liver failure