Skeletal muscle mass in acute coronary syndrome prognosis: gender-based analysis from Hellenic Heart Failure cohort

Predictive and prognostic ability of muscle mass in CVD settings is increasingly discussed. The gender-specific effect of skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) on 10-year recurrent fatal/non fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) event of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients was evaluated.

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - March 25, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: M. Kouvari, C. Chrysohoou, P. Dilaveris, G. Georgiopoulos, N. Magkas, Panagiotis Aggelopoulos, D.B. Panagiotakos, Dimitris Tousoulis Source Type: research