A Novel Nutritional Index Serves as A Useful Prognostic Indicator in Cardiac Critical Patients Requiring Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Asuka Minami-TakanoHiroshi IwataKatsutoshi MiyosawaKyoko KubotaAtsushi KimuraShota OsawaMinako ShitaraShinya OkazakiSatoru SuwaKatsumi MiyauchiMasataka SumiyoshiAtsushi AmanoHiroyuki Daida

Published in: Nutrients (2019)

A novel and simple to calculate nutritional index, TCBI, can be applicable as a prognostic indicator in hemodynamically unstable patients requiring MCS devices.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
left ventricular
atrial fibrillation