Role of computed tomography-based evaluation of skeletal muscle area in predicting cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure after cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Taisuke HaradaHidekazu KondoKunio YufuAkihiro UnoMasaki TakahashiMasato WadaHirochika YamasakiNaoko OgawaMasayuki TakanoKei HirotaYumi IshiiKeisuke YonezuShotaro SaitoAkira FukuiHidefumi AkiokaTetsuji ShinoharaYasushi TeshimaMikiko NakagawaNaohiko TakahashiPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2022)
Decreases in skeletal mass index on computed tomography might predict the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with chronic heart failure who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2022; 22: 1013-1018.
Keyphrases
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- cardiovascular events
- computed tomography
- left ventricular
- skeletal muscle
- heart failure
- positron emission tomography
- coronary artery disease
- ejection fraction
- cardiovascular disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- risk assessment
- insulin resistance
- image quality
- emergency department
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- pet ct