Quantification of sarcopenia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by measuring the cross-sectional area of the thigh muscles with magnetic resonance imaging.
Fausto SalaffiMarina CarottiAnna Claudia PolisenoLuca CeccarelliSonia FarahMarco Di CarloAndrea GiovagnoniPublished in: La Radiologia medica (2023)
MRI-CSA-25 can differentiate sarcopenic versus non-sarcopenic RA patients, representing an imaging biomarker of this condition.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cross sectional
- end stage renal disease
- contrast enhanced
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- skeletal muscle
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- patient reported outcomes
- disease activity
- diffusion weighted imaging
- mass spectrometry