Midterm Outcomes of Underweight Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Insight From the LAPLACE-TAVR Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease; however, a paradoxical effect of obesity has been reported in patients with heart failure or myocardial infarction. Although several studies have suggested the same obesity paradox in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), they included a limited number of underweight patients.

Objectives

This study aimed to clarify the effect of being underweight on TAVR outcomes.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed 1,693 consecutive patients undergoing TAVR between 2010 and 2020. The patients were categorized according to body mass index: underweight (<18.5 kg/m²; n = 242), normal weight (18.5 to 25 kg/m²; n = 1,055), and overweight (>25 kg/m²; n = 396).

SUBMITTER: Tezuka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982279 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature