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Sarcopenia as a comorbidity of cardiovascular disease.

Journal of cardiology
May 1, 2022
Ken-Ichiro Sasaki et al. (2 authors)
Journal ArticleReviewHuman Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to evaluate the role of resistance training in preventing and treating sarcopenia, particularly in cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients.

Results Summary

Resistance training was recognized as an effective strategy to prevent and treat sarcopenia, though the abstract does not provide specific outcome metrics. The study also noted that dietary and antioxidant supplementation had limited evidence of efficacy for sarcopenia.

Population

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients, particularly those at risk of sarcopenia and osteosarcopenia.

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Not specified

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (3)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors
decrease
CVD-related sarcopenia
CVD patients
-
may play a role in the medical prevention and treatment
#1
dietary and antioxidant supplementation
no change
sarcopenia
-
-
few reports to convince the efficacies
#2
aerobic and resistance training exercises
decrease
sarcopenia
-
-
have been recognized as an effective strategy to prevent and treat
#3
Abstract

Sarcopenia, the lowered skeletal muscle mass, weakened skeletal muscle strength, and reduced physical performance with aging, is a component of frailty and high-risk factor for falls, resulting in an increase in mortality. In cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients, systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, overactivation of ubiquitin-proteasome system, endothelial dysfunction, lowering muscle blood flow, impaired glucose tolerance, hormonal changes, and physical inactivity possibly contribute to CVD-related sarcopenia. Prevalence of sarcopenia and osteosarcopenia, which is osteopenia and sarcopenia coexisting together, seems to be higher in CVD patients than in community-dwelling adults, suggesting the necessity of early diagnosis and prevention of CVD-related sarcopenia. Atrial stiffness, coronary artery calcification score, and serum vitamin D levels may be of help as the biomarkers to suspect sarcopenia, and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors may play a role in the medical prevention and treatment of CVD-related sarcopenia. There are few reports to convince the efficacies of dietary and antioxidant supplementation on sarcopenia at present, whereas aerobic and resistance training exercises have been recognized as an effective strategy to prevent and treat sarcopenia.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AdultCardiovascular DiseasesComorbidityHumansIndependent LivingMuscle StrengthMuscle, SkeletalSarcopenia
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy85/10
Quality75/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations64
Citations/Year21.3
Relative Citation Ratio9.53
NIH Percentile97.6%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.95
Weight Score2.90
Normalized Score0.69
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