Open AccessMuscle Mass and Mortality After Cardiac Transplantation
Author(s) -
Lior Bibas,
Eli Saleh,
Samah Alkharji,
Jessica Chetrit,
Louis Mullie,
Marcelo Cantarovich,
Renzo Cecere,
Nadia Giannetti,
Jonathan Afilalo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002311
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , odds ratio , confidence interval , heart transplantation , transplantation , sarcopenia , surgery , body mass index , cardiology , dialysis , stroke (engine) , mechanical engineering , engineering
Frailty assessment is recommended to evaluate the candidacy of adults referred for orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). Psoas muscle area (PMA) is an easily measured biomarker for frailty. There has yet to be a study examining the prognostic impact of PMA in OHT patients.