Prognostic impact of sarcopenia in cirrhotic patients stratified by different severity of portal hypertension.
Rafael PaternostroConstanze BardachBenedikt S HoferBernhard ScheinerPhilipp SchwablUlrika AsenbaumAhmed Ba-SsalamahMartina ScharitzerTheresa A BucsicsBenedikt SimbrunnerDavid BauerMichael TraunerMattias MandorferThomas ReibergerKatharina LampichlerPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)
Sarcopenia has a major impact on clinical outcomes both in compensated and in decompensated ACLD patients. The presence of sarcopenia doubled the risk for mortality independently from the severity of PH.