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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2024 Apr 13;30(11):1462–1468. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.03.012

Central Illustration. Days alive and out of the hospital after heart transplantation according to sarcopenia.

Central Illustration.

Patients with sarcopenia, defined as the lowest sex-specific tertile of pectoralis muscle area index (muscle area indexed to height) had significantly fewer days alive and out of the hospital at 1-year post-transplant compared to those without sarcopenia. Those with sarcopenia had a longer length of stay that the index hospitalization and were more likely to be discharged to a facility other than home.