Pectoralis major muscle quantification by cardiac MRI is a strong predictor of major events in HF

• Published in: Heart and vessels Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 976 - 985
• Main Authors: Cunha, Gonçalo J. L., Rocha, Bruno M. L., Freitas, Pedro, Sousa, João A., Paiva, Mariana, Santos, Ana C., Guerreiro, Sara, Tralhão, António, Ventosa, António, Aguiar, Carlos M., Andrade, Maria J., Abecasis, João, Saraiva, Carla, Mendes, Miguel, Ferreira, António M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.06.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Cachexia; Cardiac muscle; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology; Confidence intervals; Congestive heart failure; Creatinine; Gender; Hospitalization; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multivariate analysis; Muscles; Original Article; Patients; Risk groups; Sarcopenia; Subgroups; Vascular Surgery; Ventricle; Heart failure; Sarcopenia; Cachexia; Cardiac magnetic resonance

Clinical overt cardiac cachexia is a late ominous sign in patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The main goal of this study was to assess the feasibility and prognostic significance of muscle mass quantification by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in...