Department of Internal Medicine (S.M.), Cleveland Clinic, OH.
Section of Musculoskeletal Imaging, Imaging Institute (B.L.E., P.-H.C.), Cleveland Clinic, OH.
Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Oct;15(10):e009322. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.121.009322. Epub 2022 Aug 4.
Sarcopenia has been established as a predictor of poor outcomes in various clinical settings. It is particularly prevalent in heart failure, a clinical syndrome that poses significant challenges to health care worldwide. Despite this, sarcopenia remains overlooked and undertreated in cardiology practice. Understanding the currently proposed diagnostic process is paramount for the early detection and treatment of sarcopenia to mitigate downstream adverse health outcomes.
肌肉减少症已被确立为各种临床环境中不良预后的预测因子。它在心力衰竭中尤为普遍,心力衰竭是一种对全球医疗保健构成重大挑战的临床综合征。尽管如此,在心脏病学实践中,肌肉减少症仍然被忽视和治疗不足。了解目前提出的诊断流程对于早期发现和治疗肌肉减少症以减轻下游不良健康后果至关重要。