Vastus lateralis fiber shift is an independent predictor of mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Aug 1;190(3):350-2. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201404-0713LE.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic
  • Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch*
  • Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch / pathology*
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / mortality
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology*
  • Quadriceps Muscle / physiopathology*
  • Retrospective Studies