Psoas Muscle Area and Length of Stay in Older Adults Undergoing Cardiac Operations Jesse Zuckerman, BS, Matthew Ades, BS, Louis Mullie, MD, Amanda Trnkus, MS, Jean-Francois Morin, MD, Yves Langlois, MD, Felix Ma, MD, Mark Levental, MD, José A. Morais, MD, Jonathan Afilalo, MD, MS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 5, Pages 1498-1504 (May 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.005 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow diagram. (CT = computed tomography; DICOM = Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine; JGH = Jewish General Hospital, Montreal.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 1498-1504DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.005) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Measurement of psoas and lumbar muscle area with CoreSlicer. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 1498-1504DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.005) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Mean psoas, lumbar, and thoracic muscle area in men and women. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 1498-1504DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.005) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Relationship between psoas muscle area and postoperative length of stay. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 1498-1504DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.005) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions