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ArticleAnnals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia2020

Trunk Muscle Cross-Sectional Area as a Predictive Factor for Length of Postoperative Hospitalization after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.

Naoki Taniguchi, Mitsuharu Hosono, Shintaro Kuwauchi, Hiroshi Yasumoto, Kohei Kawazoe

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Article in Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Naoki TaniguchiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Mitsuharu HosonoDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Shintaro KuwauchiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroshi YasumotoDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Kohei KawazoeDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

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purposeWe investigated the utility of trunk muscle cross-sectional area to predict length of hospitalization after surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis (AS).

methodsAdult AS patients who underwent isolated AVR at a single institution were studied. The cross-sectional area of the erector spinae muscles (ESM) at the first and second lumbar vertebrae and that of the psoas muscle (PM) at the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae were measured on preoperative computed tomography (CT). Each was indexed to body surface area. Risk factors for prolonged postoperative hospitalization (>3 weeks) were assessed using multivariate regression analyses.

resultsOf 56 patients (mean age 76 ± 9 years; 25 men), 20 (35.7%) patients required prolonged hospitalization. A smaller indexed ESM cross-sectional area at the first lumbar vertebra (per 1 cm/m

conclusionThe cross-sectional area of the trunk muscles can be used to identify patients at risk for prolonged hospitalization after AVR for adult AS.

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Length of StayTomography, X-Ray ComputedAgedAged, 80 and overAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisBack MusclesBody CompositionFemaleHealth StatusHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHumansMalePredictive Value of TestsPsoas MusclesRetrospective Studiesaortic stenosisaortic valve replacementerector spinae musclespsoas musclesarcopenia

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