The obesity paradox: association of obesity with improved survival in medically managed severe aortic stenosis.
Jinghao Nicholas NgiamNicholas Ws ChewBenjamin Yong-Qiang TanHui Wen SimChing-Hui SiaWilliam Kok-Fai KongTiong-Cheng YeoKian Keong PohPublished in: Singapore medical journal (2020)
We demonstrated that obesity was associated with improved survival in severe AS despite lower AVAi and increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors.
Keyphrases
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular risk factors
- insulin resistance
- aortic stenosis
- weight loss
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve replacement
- early onset
- left ventricular
- cardiovascular disease
- risk factors
- adipose tissue
- heart failure
- body mass index
- skeletal muscle
- physical activity
- drug induced