Isabell Anna Just, Felix Schoenrath, Luise Roehrich, Emanuel Heil, Julia Stein, Timo Alexander Auer, Uli Fehrenbach, Evgenij Potapov, Natalia Solowjowa, Felix Balzer, Dominik Geisel, Juergen Braun, Georg Boening
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a known cardiovascular risk factor and associated with higher postoperative complication rates in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. In heart failure (HF), conflicting evidence in terms of survival has been reported, whereas sarcopenia is associated with poor prognosis. An increasing number of HF patients require left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantations. The postoperative mortality has improved in recent years but is still relatively high. The impact of body composition on outcome in this population remains unclear...
December 26, 2023: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle