Failure to rescue: obesity increases the risk of mortality following early graft failure in heart transplantation in UNOS database patients.
David Alan HerbstAmit IyengarNoah WeingartenMark R HelmersSamuel T KimPavan AtluriPublished in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2022)
Patients who develop EGF after heart transplant are at high risk for mortality. Careful discussion regarding transplant candidacy and risk is warranted in obese patients. In addition, minimizing donor factors associated with graft dysfunction is critical during preoperative planning in these recipients.
Keyphrases
- obese patients
- bariatric surgery
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- weight loss
- newly diagnosed
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- risk factors
- gastric bypass
- patients undergoing
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- emergency department
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- weight gain
- adverse drug
- physical activity
- electronic health record
- patient reported