ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2024
Potential confounders of the obesity paradox in older patients following transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
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- CT-derived adipose tissue characteristics and TAVI all-cause mortality and complications: a systematic review.European journal of medical research · 2025Pooled it
- Deep Learning-Derived Body Composition Analysis Predicts Long-Term Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2026Article
- The 'obesity paradox' in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. A specialized narrative review.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2026Review
- Your CT scans are hiding crucial TAVI survival data: Are you looking?American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2025Article
- Cachectic biomarkers as confounders behind the obesity paradox in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Effect of Elevated Body Mass Index on Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2024Article
- Impact of multiple comorbidities on long-term mortality in older patients following transcatheter aortic valve replacement.Heliyon · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeA higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with lower mortality in older patients following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for severe aortic valve stenosis. The current study aimed to investigate potential confounders of association between BMI and prognosis.
methodsThe retrospective single-center study included consecutive patients following TAVR and excluded those in whom subcutaneous fat accumulation (SFA), visceral fat accumulation (VFA), and major psoas muscle (MPM) volume were not assessed by computed tomography. Cachexia was defined as a combination of BMI < 20 kg/m
resultsAfter 2 patients were excluded, 234 (age, 86 ± 5 years; male, 77 [33%]; BMI, 22.4 ± 3.8 kg/m
conclusionsAssociation of higher BMI with lower mortality may be confounded by SFA in older patients following TAVR. Cachexia might reflect higher mortality in patients with lower BMI.
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