Predictive value of the Fibrosis-4 index in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Mitsumasa SudoJasmin ShamekhiAlexander SedaghatAdem AksoyAndreas ZietzerTetsu TanakaNihal WildeMarcel WeberJan-Malte SinningEberhard GrubeVerena VeulemansMatti AdamMalte KelmStephan BaldusGeorg NickenigSebastian ZimmerVedat TiyeriliBaravan Al-KassouPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2022)
A high FIB-4 index is associated with right-sided heart overload and an increased risk of mortality in patients undergoing TAVR. The FIB-4 index may be useful as an additional predictor of outcomes in these patients.
Keyphrases
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- aortic valve
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- left ventricular
- chronic kidney disease
- liver fibrosis
- coronary artery disease
- heart failure
- cardiovascular events
- adipose tissue
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- prognostic factors
- atrial fibrillation
- skeletal muscle
- weight loss