Effect of sarcopenic overweight on lung transplant based on 3D reconstructed psoas muscle mass.

CONCLUSIONS: Sarcopenia was associated with poorer short-term outcome and sarcopenic overweight with poorer overall survival in lung transplant patients.
PMID: 30721692 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - February 2, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Suh JW, Paik HC, Yu WS, Song SH, Park MS, Kim SY, Lee JG Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research