Preoperative Sarcopenia Assessment Using Pectoralis Muscle Mass Indicated Poor Mid-term Cardiac Surgery Prognosis
Yojiro Machii,
Fumihiro Kitashima,
Yuki Hayashi
et al.
Abstract:Background: Many studies have defined sarcopenia based on psoas muscle mass using abdominal computed tomography (CT). We hypothesized that sarcopenia can be assessed by measuring pectoralis muscle mass on chest CT and aimed to examine its relationship with the postoperative prognosis of cardiac surgery. Methods: This retrospective study included 189 patients who underwent cardiac surgery via median sternotomy between July 2020 and June 2022. We excluded patients <70 years old, urgent/emergent cases, no ches… Show more
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