Phase Angle as a Biomarker for Frailty and Postoperative Mortality: The BICS Study

Phase Angle as a Biomarker for Frailty and Postoperative Mortality: The BICS Study

Background Phase angle (PA) is a bioimpedance measurement that is determined lean body mass and hydration status. Patients with low PA values are more likely to be frail, sarcopenic, or malnourished. Previous work has shown that low PA predicts adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery, but the effect...

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Main Authors: Louis Mullie, Alexandrine Obrand, Melissa Bendayan, Amanda Trnkus, Marie‐Claude Ouimet, Emmanuel Moss, Annabel Chen‐Tournoux, Lawrence G. Rudski, Jonathan Afilalo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
biompedance
cardiac surgery
frailty
phase angle
sarcopenia
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.008721

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