Erector Spinae Muscle to Epicardial Visceral Fat Ratio on Chest CT Predicts the Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019

Erector Spinae Muscle to Epicardial Visceral Fat Ratio on Chest CT Predicts the Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019

ABSTRACT Background Chest computed tomography (CT) is a valuable tool for diagnosing and predicting the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) and assessing extrapulmonary organs. Reduced muscle mass and visceral fat accumulation are important features of a body composition phenotype in whi...

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Main Authors: Takashi Shimada, Tomoki Maetani, Shotaro Chubachi, Naoya Tanabe, Takanori Asakura, Ho Namkoong, Hiromu Tanaka, Shuhei Azekawa, Shiro Otake, Kensuke Nakagawara, Takahiro Fukushima, Mayuko Watase, Yusuke Shiraishi, Hideki Terai, Mamoru Sasaki, Soichiro Ueda, Yukari Kato, Norihiro Harada, Shoji Suzuki, Shuichi Yoshida, Hiroki Tateno, Kaoruko Shimizu, Susumu Sato, Yoshitake Yamada, Masahiro Jinzaki, Toyohiro Hirai, Yukinori Okada, Ryuji Koike, Makoto Ishii, Akinori Kimura, Seiya Imoto, Satoru Miyano, Seishi Ogawa, Takanori Kanai, Koichi Fukunaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-02-01
Series:Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Subjects:
computed tomography
COVID‐19
epicardial adipose tissue
erector spinae muscles
obesity
sarcopenia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13721
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