Prognostic impact of muscle ultrasound-guided diagnosis of sarcopenia in older adults with severe aortic stenosis.

Aortic valve replacement Aortic valve stenosis Frailty Sarcopenia Ultrasonography

Journal

European geriatric medicine
ISSN: 1878-7649
Titre abrégé: Eur Geriatr Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101533694

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Date de publication:
04 Sep 2024
Historique:
received: 02 06 2024
accepted: 13 08 2024
medline: 4 9 2024
pubmed: 4 9 2024
entrez: 3 9 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Muscle ultrasound is increasingly popular thanks to its advantages over other techniques. However, its usefulness in the diagnosis of sarcopenia in older adults with aortic stenosis (AS) has not been studied to date. to analyze the prevalence of sarcopenia using muscle ultrasound and its impact on the health outcomes in older patients with AS. The single-center FRESAS (FRailty-Evaluation-in-Severe-Aortic-Stenosis) registry was used to study patients over 75 years with severe AS susceptible to valve replacement. Sarcopenia was suspected in those individuals with diminished grip strength, and the diagnosis was confirmed in the presence of reduced ultrasound quadriceps muscle thickness, following the recommendations of the EWGSOP2 (European-Working-Group-on-Sarcopenia-in-Older-People). The primary composite endpoint was urgent hospital admission and mortality of cardiac cause 6 months after the diagnosis. Of the 150 patients studied, 55.3% were females, and only 17.3% were frail; the mean age was 83.4 years. Sarcopenia was diagnosed in 42 patients (28%). The overall survival rate at 6 months was 92%. The primary endpoint was recorded in 23.2% of the cases and was more frequent in the sarcopenic patients (33.3%) than in the non-sarcopenic individuals (17.6%) (p = 0.01). The regression analysis found that sarcopenia was associated with an increased risk of the primary endpoint (HR: 2.25; 95% CI 1.19-4.45; p = 0.02), adjusting for potential confounding factors. The incidence of serious cardiac complications in older patients with sarcopenia and severe AS is significant. The present study describes a noninvasive, ultrasound-guided diagnostic technique that may prove efficient in its predictive capacity.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Muscle ultrasound is increasingly popular thanks to its advantages over other techniques. However, its usefulness in the diagnosis of sarcopenia in older adults with aortic stenosis (AS) has not been studied to date.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
to analyze the prevalence of sarcopenia using muscle ultrasound and its impact on the health outcomes in older patients with AS.
METHODS METHODS
The single-center FRESAS (FRailty-Evaluation-in-Severe-Aortic-Stenosis) registry was used to study patients over 75 years with severe AS susceptible to valve replacement. Sarcopenia was suspected in those individuals with diminished grip strength, and the diagnosis was confirmed in the presence of reduced ultrasound quadriceps muscle thickness, following the recommendations of the EWGSOP2 (European-Working-Group-on-Sarcopenia-in-Older-People). The primary composite endpoint was urgent hospital admission and mortality of cardiac cause 6 months after the diagnosis.
RESULTS RESULTS
Of the 150 patients studied, 55.3% were females, and only 17.3% were frail; the mean age was 83.4 years. Sarcopenia was diagnosed in 42 patients (28%). The overall survival rate at 6 months was 92%. The primary endpoint was recorded in 23.2% of the cases and was more frequent in the sarcopenic patients (33.3%) than in the non-sarcopenic individuals (17.6%) (p = 0.01). The regression analysis found that sarcopenia was associated with an increased risk of the primary endpoint (HR: 2.25; 95% CI 1.19-4.45; p = 0.02), adjusting for potential confounding factors.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
The incidence of serious cardiac complications in older patients with sarcopenia and severe AS is significant. The present study describes a noninvasive, ultrasound-guided diagnostic technique that may prove efficient in its predictive capacity.

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pubmed: 39227556
doi: 10.1007/s41999-024-01042-6
pii: 10.1007/s41999-024-01042-6
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Auteurs

Pablo Solla-Suarez (P)

Geriatrics Department, Geriatrics Clinical Management Area, Monte Naranco Hospital-Central University Hospital of Asturias, Avenida Doctores Fernández Vega, 107, 33012, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. pasosu@gmail.com.
Health Research Institute of Asturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain. pasosu@gmail.com.

Pablo Avanzas (P)

Health Research Institute of Asturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain.
Cardiology Department, Cardiac Area, Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
University of Oviedo, UOV, Oviedo, Spain.

Marta Encuentra-Sopena (M)

Geriatrics Department, Geriatrics Clinical Management Area, Monte Naranco Hospital-Central University Hospital of Asturias, Avenida Doctores Fernández Vega, 107, 33012, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.

Marcel Almendárez (M)

Health Research Institute of Asturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain.
Cardiology Department, Cardiac Area, Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.

Áurea Álvarez-Abella (Á)

Geriatrics Department, Geriatrics Clinical Management Area, Monte Naranco Hospital-Central University Hospital of Asturias, Avenida Doctores Fernández Vega, 107, 33012, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.

Rut Álvarez-Velasco (R)

Health Research Institute of Asturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain.
Cardiology Department, Cardiac Area, Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.

Fe Domingo-Lavandera (F)

Geriatrics Department, Geriatrics Clinical Management Area, Monte Naranco Hospital-Central University Hospital of Asturias, Avenida Doctores Fernández Vega, 107, 33012, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.

José Boga (J)

Health Research Institute of Asturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain.
Microbiology Department, Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.

Ana Coto-Montes (A)

Health Research Institute of Asturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain.
University of Oviedo, UOV, Oviedo, Spain.
Institute of Neurosciences of the Principality of Asturias, INEUROPA, Oviedo, Spain.

César Morís de la Tassa (CM)

Health Research Institute of Asturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain.
Cardiology Department, Cardiac Area, Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
University of Oviedo, UOV, Oviedo, Spain.

José Gutiérrez-Rodríguez (J)

Geriatrics Department, Geriatrics Clinical Management Area, Monte Naranco Hospital-Central University Hospital of Asturias, Avenida Doctores Fernández Vega, 107, 33012, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Health Research Institute of Asturias, ISPA, Oviedo, Spain.

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