Impact of body fat distribution on long-term clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The distribution of body fat is closely related to cardiovascular disease and outcomes, although its impact on patient prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stent (DES) has not been evaluated. We investigated the impact of truncal fat distribution on long-term clinical outcomes after DES treatment. METHODS:In 441 DES-treated patients, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry was performed to assess total and regional body fat distribution after index PCI. The ratio of truncal fat to total body fat mass (%FMtrunk/FMtotal) was calculated as a representative parameter for truncal fat distribution. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACE), a composite of ischemia-driven target vessel revascularization (TVR), non-procedur

SUBMITTER: Park SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5969753 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature