The Baseline Nutritional Status Predicts Long-Term Mortality in Patients Undergoing Endovascular Therapy.

ABSTRACT: Peripheral artery disease (PAD) occurs at an advanced stage of atherosclerosis and its comorbidities are associated with poor prognoses. Malnutrition is related to the severity of atherosclerosis in patients with cardiovascular disease and it predicts mortality. The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score is calculated from serum albumin concentration, peripheral lymphocyte count and total cholesterol concentration, and it robustly represents the nutritional status of hospitalized patients. This study aimed to determine the prognostic value of the CONUT score in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) who were undergoing endovascular therapy (EVT). This study included 628 PAD patients who underwent EVT between 2013 and 2017 and were assigned to low (CONUT score 0: n = 81), mild

SUBMITTER: Mizobuchi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6722841 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature