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American heart journal · Dec 2016
Computed tomography-derived skeletal muscle index: A novel predictor of frailty and hospital length of stay after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
- Vishal Dahya, Jingjie Xiao, Carla M Prado, Penny Burroughs, Dan McGee, Aline C Silva, Julian E Hurt, Shafi G Mohamed, Thomas Noel, and Wayne Batchelor.
- Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL.
- Am. Heart J. 2016 Dec 1; 182: 21-27.
AbstractTo determine the prevalence of low skeletal muscle mass in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and whether skeletal muscle mass measured from preoperative computed tomography (CT) images provides value in predicting postoperative length of stay (LOS).Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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