The relationship between sarcopenia and one-year mortality in patients with critical limb ischemia undergoing endovascular therapy below the knee

OBJECTIVE: Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a progressive form of peripheral artery disease (PAD). Patients with CLI have poor long-term prognosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the value of sarcopenia in terms of 1-year mortality in patients with below-the-knee lesions who underwent endovascular treatment for CLI.

METHODS: A total of 190 patients with critical limb ischemia who underwent endovascular treatment (EVT) for below-the-knee (BTK) lesions were enrolled in this study. Sarcopenia was defined using the psoas muscle index (PMI). PMI was obtained by calculating the average psoas muscle area (APMA) of the left and right psoas muscles at the third lumbar vertebra level and dividing by the square of the height (cm2/m2). The primary endpoint of the study was 1-year mortality and the secondary endpoint was 1-year amputation. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to presence of sarcopenia.

RESULTS: We detected sarcopenia in 64 patients. The mean age, height, and EF were higher in sarcopenia group. The psoas muscle area, weight, psoas muscle index, body-mass index, albumin level, and GFR were lower in sarcopenia group. The incidence of amputation (11.9% vs 29.7%, p = 0.003) and mortality (15.1% vs 35.9%, p = 0.001) were higher in patients with sarcopenia. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to determine the independent predictors of amputation and mortality. The survival curve for 1-year using the sarcopenia was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method, and statistical analysis was performed with the log-rank test. The presence of sarcopenia, glomerular filtration rate level, and low ejection fraction were found to be independent predictors of mortality.

CONCLUSIONS: Sarcopenia was associated with 1-year mortality in patients with CLI undergoing EVT for BTK lesions. Also, patients with sacropenia had higher 1-year amputation rates. Sarcopenia may be a simple method to help patient selection, assessment, and intervention strategy for EVT and may improve patient outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Vascular - 31(2023), 3 vom: 05. Juni, Seite 513-520

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guler, Arda [VerfasserIn]
Gurbak, Ismail [VerfasserIn]
Aydin, Sinem [VerfasserIn]
Kahraman, Serkan [VerfasserIn]
Tasbulak, Omer [VerfasserIn]
Ucar, Servet U [VerfasserIn]
Dogan, Arda C [VerfasserIn]
Topel, Cagdas [VerfasserIn]
Panc, Cafer [VerfasserIn]
Cizgici, Ahmet Y [VerfasserIn]
Kalkan, Ali K [VerfasserIn]
Yalcin, Ahmet A [VerfasserIn]
Erturk, Mehmet [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Amputation
Endovascular therapy
Journal Article
Mortality
Peripheral artery disease
Sarcopenia

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.06.2023

Date Revised 01.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/17085381221124702

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34579687X