Sarcopenia and health-related quality of life in older adults after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Skeletal muscle wasting, or sarcopenia, affects a significant proportion of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). However, its influence on post-TAVR recovery and 1-year health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) remains unknown. We examined the relationship between skeletal muscle index (SMI), post-TAVR length of hospital stay (LOS), and 1-year QOL.

Methods

The study sample consisted of 300 consecutive patients undergoing TAVR from 2012 to 2018 who had pre-TAVR computed tomographic scans suitable for analysis of body composition. Skeletal muscle mass was quantified as cm² of skeletal mass per m² of body surface area from the cross-sectional computed tomographic image at the third lumbar vertebra. Sarcopenia was defi

SUBMITTER: Damluji AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8132132 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature