Current approach to the diagnosis of sarcopenia in heart failure: a narrative review on the role of clinical and imaging assessments

S Mirzai, BL Eck, PH Chen, JD Estep… - Circulation: Heart …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Sarcopenia has been established as a predictor of poor outcomes in various clinical
settings. It is particularly prevalent in heart failure, a clinical syndrome that poses significant …

[HTML][HTML] Radiologic definition of sarcopenia in chronic liver disease

C Lee, BK Kang, M Kim - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sarcopenia is prevalent in patients with chronic liver disease, and affected patients tend to
have worse clinical outcomes and higher mortality. However, relevant analyses are limited …

Sarcopenia predicts perioperative adverse events following complex revision surgery for the thoracolumbar spine

T Hirase, V Haghshenas, R Bratescu, D Dong, PH Kuo… - The Spine Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Sarcopenia measured by psoas muscle index (PMI) has been
shown to predict perioperative mortality and adverse events (AEs) after various surgical …

Sarcopenic obesity by the ESPEN/EASO criteria for predicting mortality in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

J Zhou, L Luo, L Xie, S Hu, L Tan, X Lei, X Luo, M Yang - Clinical Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Summary Background The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)
and the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) recently released the first …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of myosteatosis on computed tomography by automatic generation of a muscle quality map using a web-based toolkit: feasibility study

DW Kim, KW Kim, Y Ko, T Park, S Khang… - JMIR medical …, 2020 - medinform.jmir.org
Background: Muscle quality is associated with fatty degeneration or infiltration of the muscle,
which may be associated with decreased muscle function and increased disability …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosing sarcopenia and myosteatosis based on chest computed tomography images in healthy Chinese adults

L Tan, G Ji, T Bao, H Fu, L Yang, M Yang - Insights into Imaging, 2021 - Springer
Background Measuring muscle mass and muscle quality based on chest Computed
Tomography (CT) images would facilitate sarcopenia and myosteatosis research. We aimed …

Reference data and T-scores of lumbar skeletal muscle area and its skeletal muscle indices measured by CT scan in a healthy Korean population

EH Kim, KW Kim, Y Shin, J Lee, Y Ko… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Although computed tomography (CT) is considered the gold standard for
investigating skeletal muscles, diagnostic cutoff points for sarcopenia have not been …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability and validity of abdominal skeletal muscle area measurement using magnetic resonance imaging

FZ Wang, H Sun, J Zhou, LL Sun, SN Pan - Academic Radiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives Skeletal muscle mass measurement is the most important element
for diagnosing sarcopenia. MRI has an excellent soft-tissue contrast, which can non …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of a fully automatic deep learning-based method for the measurement of psoas muscle area

D Van Erck, P Moeskops, JD Schoufour… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Manual muscle mass assessment based on Computed Tomography (CT) scans
is recognized as a good marker for malnutrition, sarcopenia, and adverse outcomes …

Creatinine to cystatin-C ratio in renal cell carcinoma: a clinically pragmatic prognostic factor and sarcopenia biomarker

BN Schmeusser, H Biermann, EH Nicaise… - The …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Low creatinine to cystatin-C ratio (Cr/Cys-C) may be a biomarker for low-muscle
mass. Furthermore, low Cr/Cys-C is associated with decreased overall survival (OS), but to …