Heart Failure Severity Stratification beyond INTERMACS Profiles: A Step towards Identification of Optimal LVAD Implantation Timing

As skeletal muscle mass and quality decrease with heart failure progression, we hypothesized that pectoralis muscle mass and tissue attenuation measured on pre-left ventricular assist device (LVAD) CT scans would add meaningful heart failure severity stratification beyond INTERMACS profile alone.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 16, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: R. Cogswell, J. Estep, R. Araujo, L. Teigen, J. Schultz, R. John, C. Martin, B. Trachtenberg Tags: 243 Source Type: research