Does obesity affect the short-term outcomes after cardiothoracic surgery in adolescents with congenital heart disease?
Richard U GarciaPreetha L BalakrishnanSanjeev AggarwalPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2020)
Obesity is associated with short-term adverse outcome and increased health resource utilisation in adolescents following surgery for CHD. Further studies should evaluate if intervention in the preoperative period can improve outcomes in this population.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- young adults
- coronary artery bypass
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- physical activity
- high fat diet induced
- weight gain
- randomized controlled trial
- public health
- healthcare
- surgical site infection
- mental health
- patients undergoing
- emergency department
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- climate change
- risk assessment
- social media
- electronic health record