WORSE OUTCOMES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH OBESITY UNDERGOING LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IMPLANTATION: A LONGITUDINAL INTERMACS STUDY

Katherine Clark, Avirup Guha, Evangelos Oikonomou, Ania M. Jastreboff, Cesar Caraballo, Neal L. Weintraub, Tariq Ahmad, Eric Velazquez, P. Elliott Miller, Nihar Desai

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Abstract

Background The obesity and heart failure epidemics are growing, but there is little evidence of the outcomes in individuals with obesity (body mass index, BMI ≥30 kg/m2) following continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LAVD) implantation. Methods The Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) from 2008-2017 was utilized to identify patients who underwent CF-LVADs implantation. The cohort was stratified by pre-CF-LVAD implant BMI (
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)552
JournalJournal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume77
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2021

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