Muscle fat infiltration assessed by total psoas density on computed tomography predicts mortality in cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: Ongoing evidence suggests that sarcopenia adversely affects outcomes in cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate muscle fat infiltration as a component of sarcopenia and its prognostic value in this setting. METHODS: In 98 consecutive patients with cirrhosis, muscle density was m...

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Publicado no:Ann Gastroenterol
Main Authors: Kalafateli, Maria, Karatzas, Andreas, Tsiaoussis, Georgios, Koutroumpakis, Efstratios, Tselekouni, Paraskevi, Koukias, Nikolaos, Konstantakis, Christos, Assimakopoulos, Stelios, Gogos, Charalambos, Thomopoulos, Konstantinos, Kalogeropoulou, Christina, Triantos, Christos
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2018
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6033770/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29991895
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.20524/aog.2018.0256
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