Sarcopenia is a predictor of patient death in acute ischemic stroke

Sarcopenia is proposed as a novel imaging biomarker in several acute conditions regarding outcome and mortality. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prognostic role of the masseter muscles in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 10, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Jan Boriesosdick, Alexey Surov, Arwed Michael, Christoph M önninghoff, Julius Henning Niehoff, Nina Pauline Haag, Iram Shahzadi, Jan-Robert Kroeger, Peter Schellinger, Jan Borggrefe Source Type: research