Impact Of Total Psoas Area And Lean Muscular Area In Mortality After Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Sarcopenia has assumed growing relevance as a morbimortality predictor after major abdominal surgery. The aim of this study is to access total psoas muscle area (TPA) and lean muscular area (LMA) impact in morbimortality after elective EVAR.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - September 15, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: V ânia Constâncio Oliveira, Pedro Oliveira, Mário Moreira, Mafalda Correia, Pedro Lima, Joana Cruz Silva, Ricardo Vale Pereira, Manuel Fonseca Tags: Clinical Research, Basic Science Source Type: research