Testing the obesity paradox in patients on long-term milrinone infusion for end-stage heart failure.
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Obese patients with chronic HF have a lower mortality than do non-obese patients with heart failure (HF) i.e. "obesity paradox". We sought to determine the relationship between obesity (defined by body-mass index; BMI) and survival in inotrope-dependent patients with Stage D HF. METHODS AND RESULTS: = 0.08). CONCLUSION: In this retrospective study of stage D inotrope-dependent HF patients, there was trend of an "obesity paradox" with higher survival in the Ob1 group patients compared to NOb and Ob2/3 patients. Ob2/3 patients had the worst survival.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Mina M Benjamin, Sakthi Sundararajan, Samian Sulaiman, Tammy Kindel, David Joyce, Asim A Mohammed
Institutions: Froedtert Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3021171759