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World J Cardiol. Jul 26, 2020; 12(7): 351-361
Published online Jul 26, 2020. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i7.351
Published online Jul 26, 2020. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i7.351
Sonographic muscle mass assessment in patients after cardiac surgery
Stavros Dimopoulos, Dimitrios Elaiopoulos, Despoina Markantonaki, Efterpi Lyberopoulou, Katerina Marathias, Andreas Karabinis, Department of Cardiac Surgery ICU, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens 17674, Greece
Stavros Dimopoulos, Vasiliki Raidou, Foteini Chatzivasiloglou, Ioannis Vasileiadis, Serafeim Nanas, Clinical Ergospirometry, Exercise and Rehabilitation Laboratory, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 10676, Greece
Author contributions: Dimopoulos S conceptualized and designed the study; Karabinis A supervised the study; Dimopoulos S, Raidou V, Markantonaki D, Marathias K, Vasileiadis I and Nanas S were involved in the data curation and analysis, projet administration and provided scientific review; Dimopoulos S, Raidou V, Elaiopoulos D, Chatzivasiloglou F and Lyberopoulou E performed the research and collected the data; Dimopoulos S and Raidou V wrote the paper, reviewed, edited and revised the final version of the manuscript; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by Ethics Committee of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece, No. 607/17.11.17.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to report.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Stavros Dimopoulos, PhD, Doctor, Postdoc, Research Scientist, Senior Researcher, Staff Physician, Department of Cardiac Surgery ICU, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, No. 356 L. Syggrou, Athens 17674, Greece. stdimop@gmail.com
Received: February 29, 2020
Peer-review started: February 29, 2020
First decision: April 7, 2020
Revised: May 11, 2020
Accepted: June 17, 2020
Article in press: June 17, 2020
Published online: July 26, 2020
Peer-review started: February 29, 2020
First decision: April 7, 2020
Revised: May 11, 2020
Accepted: June 17, 2020
Article in press: June 17, 2020
Published online: July 26, 2020
Core Tip
Core tip: Muscle mass wasting may occur in post-cardiac surgery patients affecting outcome. We assessed the clinical significance of muscle mass in post-cardiac surgery after intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Sonographic assessment of quadriceps muscle thickness was performed to 165 post-cardiac surgery patients for 7 d or until ICU discharge. The results of the study showed a trend to a decreased muscle mass in post-cardiac surgery patients. There was also an association between muscle mass andduration of mechanical ventilation support and ICU length of stay. Sonographic assessment seems to be a valid method to quantify quadriceps muscle mass in patients after cardiac surgery.