The Burden of Obesity in Cardiac Surgery: A 14 years' Follow-Up of 14.754 Patients.
Alexander BeckmannMaximilian PoehlmannNicola Patrick MayrMarkus KraneJohannes BöhmPublished in: Journal of obesity (2024)
Cardiac surgery is safe in obesity as short- and long-term mortality are not increased, and major adverse events during the perioperative course are similar to control patients. The burden of obesity lies in substantially increased rates of wound-healing disorders and sternal reconstructions.
Keyphrases
- cardiac surgery
- end stage renal disease
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- acute kidney injury
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- wound healing
- risk factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high fat diet induced
- body mass index
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported
- dual energy