Article
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Patients With Super Obesity: Defining a High-Risk Phenotype.
Critical pathways in cardiology - 1 Mar 2026
Bahar Abdul Rasheed, Ullah Waqas, Bahar Yasemin, Roomi Sohaib, Ashraf Said, Alraies M Chadi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The long-term impact of super obesity [body mass index (BMI) ≥50 kg/m²] on outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is not well defined. METHODS: We used the 2015-2020 Nationwide Readmissions Database to identify TAVI procedures and compared patients with super obesity to those with BMI <50 kg/m². Propensity score-matched cohorts were constructed using clinical covariates. We...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
