Sarcopenia Predicts Adverse Outcomes in an Elderly Outpatient Population with New York Heart Association Class II–IV Heart Failure: A Prospective Cohort Study
Yuma Nozaki1, Masayuki Yamaji2, Shu Nishiguchi3, Naoto Fukutani1, Yuto Tashiro1, Hidehiko Shirooka1, Hinako Hirata1, Moe Yamaguchi1, Seishiro Tasaka1, Keisuke Matsubara1, Tomofumi Matsushita1, Yuki Hikita4, Kanako Oya4, *Tomoki Aoyama1, Hiroshi Mabuchi2
1Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Koto Memorial Hospital, Shiga, Japan
3Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
4Department of Rehabilitation Unit, Koto Memorial Hospital, Shiga, Japan
DOI : https://doi.org/10.33879/AMH.2019.1809