Reversal of sarcopenia predicts survival after a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-93

  Tsien, Cynthia ^a   Shah, Shetal N ^b   Mccullough, Arthur J ^a   Dasarathy, Srinivasan ^a,b  

^a Departments of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle area; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PARAVERTEBRAL MUSCLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SURVIVAL; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT;

ADIPOSITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; PSOAS MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870933753     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328359a759     Document Type: Article

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