Research Article
Contemporary Results of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Obese Patients
Table 3
Clinical outcomes according to BMI classification.
| | | Entire cohort, 1609 patients | BMI ≤ 24.9, normal weight, 528 patients | 25 ≤ BMI ≤ 29.9, overweight, 676 patients | BMI ≥ 30, obese, 405 patients | value |
| | Vascular complications, n (%) | 140 (9) | 36 (5) | 40 (7) | 64 (18) | 0.015 | | Major/life-threatening bleeding, n (%) | 212 (15) | 48 (11) | 84 (13) | 80 (22) | 0.055 | | Blood transfusions, n (%) | 532 (38) | 220 (49) | 192 (31) | 120 (35) | 0.01 | | New atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 112 (7) | 40 (7.5) | 40 (6) | 32 (8) | 0.78 | | New pacemaker, n (%) | 344 (21) | 96 (17.5) | 128 (18) | 120 (30) | 0.067 | | Acute kidney injury, n (%) | 196 (12) | 64 (12) | 80 (12) | 52 (13) | 0.96 | | Cerebral ischemic event, n (%) | 88 (5.4) | 24 (4) | 44 (6) | 20 (5) | 0.71 |
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BMI, body mass index.
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