Quantity and quality of antigravity muscles in patients undergoing living-donor lobar lung transplantation: 1-year longitudinal analysis using chest computed tomography images

Quantity and quality of antigravity muscles in patients undergoing living-donor lobar lung transplantation: 1-year longitudinal analysis using chest computed tomography images

Background Skeletal muscle dysfunction is a common feature in patients with severe lung diseases. Although lung transplantation aims to save these patients, the surgical procedure and disuse may cause additional deterioration and prolonged functional disability. We investigated the postoperative cou...

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Main Authors: Yohei Oshima, Susumu Sato, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Yuji Yoshioka, Nana Shimamura, Ryota Hamada, Manabu Nankaku, Akira Tamaki, Hiroshi Date, Shuichi Matsuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2020-07-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/6/2/00205-2019.full

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