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ReviewAging medicine (Milton (N.S.W))2020

Correlation between sarcopenia and left ventricular myocardial mass in chronic heart failure patients.

Mei Wang, Song Hu, Furong Zhang, Jia Liu, Yongjun Mao

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Review in Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mei WangDepartment of Geriatric Medicine The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Qingdao China.
Song HuDepartment of Geriatric Medicine The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Qingdao China.
Furong ZhangDepartment of Internal Medicine Laixi People's Hospital Laixi China.
Jia LiuDepartment of Geriatric Medicine The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Qingdao China.
Yongjun MaoDepartment of Geriatric Medicine The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Qingdao China.
Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcopenia is defined as a progressive age-related syndrome of reduced whole-body muscle mass, muscle strength, and muscle function. Patients with heart failure (HF) and sarcopenia are inclined to have decreased muscle strength. The current research suggests that skeletal muscle changes are the main manifestations of sarcopenia, but myocardium is not mentioned as skeletal muscle. The myocardium changes significantly with the progression of HF. Measuring myocardial quality has become an important and accessible way to assess HF by detecting changes in myocardial quality in patients with sarcopenia. Due to its economical, simple, and effective advantages in measuring myocardial quality, real-time three-dimensional echocardiography provides a convenient and reliable method for clinical diagnosis of HF and sarcopenia. This will be conducive to the screening of sarcopenia in people with chronic HF to better guide clinical treatments. This review describes the definition and diagnostic criteria of sarcopenia, the characteristics of HF with sarcopenia, and the related study of myocardial quality.

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chronic heart failuremyocardial masssarcopenia

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PMID32666029
PMCPMC7338701
OpenAlexW3035863771

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