Impact of aging on long-term cardiac outcomes of true-lumen recanalized chronic total occlusions in patients with overweight/obesity.
Jen-Fang ChengChien-Lin LeeJiunn-Yang ChiangShih-Chi LiuChi-Hung HuangJun-Ting LiouChi-Jen ChangCheng-Ting TsaiChia-Ti TsaiYi-Chih WangJuey-Jen HwangPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2024)
For those with true-lumen recanalized CTO, the higher risk of TVMI after successful recanalization was rather evident in patients <65 years of age and without overweight/obesity, suggesting that aging might attenuate prognostic significance of "obesity paradox" for CTO interventions.