Abdominal skeletal muscle mass as a predictor of mortality in Japanese patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation
2019
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We assessed preoperative muscle wasting in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantations using abdominal skeletal muscle images on computed tomography (CT) and explored the associations between the preoperative muscle wasting and clinical outcomes after LVAD implantation.
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