Quantity and quality of antigravity muscles in patients undergoing living-donor lobar lung transplantation: 1-year longitudinal analysis using chest computed tomography images
Background Skeletal muscle dysfunction is a common feature in patients with severe lung diseases. Although lung transplantation aims to save these patients, the surgical procedure and disuse may cause additional deterioration and prolonged functional disability. We investigated the postoperative cou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2020-07-01
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| Series: | ERJ Open Research |
| Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/6/2/00205-2019.full |