Myosteatosis is associated with poor physical fitness in patients undergoing hepatopancreatobiliary surgery

• Main Authors: Malcolm A. West (Author), David P.J. vanDijk (Author), Fredrick Gleadowe (Author), Thomas Reeves (Author), John N. Primrose (Author), Mohammed Abu Hilal (Author), Mark R. Edwards (Author), Sandy Jack (Author), Sander S.S. Rensen (Author), Michael P.W. Grocott (Author), Denny Z.H. Levett (Author), Steven W.M. Olde Damink (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Body composition assessment, measured using single‐slice computed tomography (CT) image at L3 level, and aerobic physical fitness, objectively measured using cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), are each independently used for perioperative risk assessment. Sarcopenia (i.e. l...