Sonographic muscle mass assessment in patients after cardiac surgery.

CONCLUSION: Skeletal quadriceps muscle thickness assessed by ultrasound shows a trend to a decrease in patients after cardiac surgery post-ICU admission and is associated with prolonged duration of MV and ICU length of stay. PMID: 32843937 [PubMed]

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Source: World Journal of Cardiology - July 25, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dimopoulos S, Raidou V, Elaiopoulos D, Chatzivasiloglou F, Markantonaki D, Lyberopoulou E, Vasileiadis I, Marathias K, Nanas S, Karabinis A Tags: World J Cardiol Source Type: research