Outcomes of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement in patients with obese body mass indices.
Marlena E SabatinoNaYoung YangFady K SolimanJoshua C ChaoHirohisa IkegamiAnthony LemaireMark J RussoLeonard Y LeePublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
Mini-AVR is safe and feasible to perform for obese patients regardless of their obesity class. Patients with obesity should be afforded the option of minimally invasive aortic valve surgery regardless of their obesity class.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- aortic valve
- aortic valve replacement
- weight loss
- obese patients
- bariatric surgery
- metabolic syndrome
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- insulin resistance
- aortic stenosis
- type diabetes
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- roux en y gastric bypass
- high fat diet induced
- gastric bypass
- weight gain
- adipose tissue
- robot assisted
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery disease
- body mass index
- physical activity
- left ventricular