Impact of sarcopenia on prognostic value of cirrhosis: going beyond the hepatic venous pressure gradient and MELD score

• Glavni autori: Seong Hee Kang (Autor), Woo Kyoung Jeong (Autor), Soon Koo Baik (Autor), Seung Hwan Cha (Autor), Moon Young Kim (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Wiley, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Abstract Background Sarcopenia has been reported as a prognostic factor. We evaluated the impact of sarcopenia to the conventional prognostic factors [Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score, hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG)] in cirrhosis. Methods Overa...