Risk stratification using lean body mass in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Hirofumi HiokiYusuke WatanabeKen KozumaMasanori YamamotoToru NaganumaMotoharu ArakiNorio TadaShinichi ShiraiFutoshi YamanakaAkihiro HigashimoriKazuki MizutaniMinoru TabataKensuke TakagiHiroshi UenoKentaro Hayashidanull nullPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)
The patients with low LBM had the higher incidence of all-cause death after TAVR than those with high LBM, regardless of gender. Thus, the risk stratification using LBM might provide further insight to identify the high-risk TAVR population, compared to conventional risk stratification using BMI.