Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor for overall survival in patients with critical limb ischemia Yutaka Matsubara, MD, Takuya Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Yukihiko Aoyagi, MD, Shinichi Tanaka, MD, Jun Okadome, MD, Koichi Morisaki, MD, PhD, Ken Shirabe, MD, PhD, Yoshihiko Maehara, MD, PhD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 61, Issue 4, Pages 945-950 (April 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.10.094 Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Representative transverse computed tomography (CT) images are shown of (A) a patient without sarcopenia and (B) a patient with sarcopenia. The images were taken at the third lumbar vertebra. The white outline shows the calculated skeletal muscle area. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 61, 945-950DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.10.094) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier curves show survival of patients with (dotted line) or without (solid line) sarcopenia (P = .001 by log-rank test). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 61, 945-950DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2014.10.094) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions