Obesity paradox in patients with reduced ejection fraction eligible for device implantation – an observational study

• DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14961
• Publication Date: 2024-07-19T10:53:48Z
• Authors: Eperke D. Merkel; Anett Behon; Richard Masszi; Walter R. Schwertner; Luca Kuthi; Boglárka Veres; István Osztheimer; Roland Papp; Levente Molnár; Endre Zima; László Gellér; Annamária Kosztin; Béla Merkely
• Keywords: Cardiology / kardiológia; RC685 Diseases of the heart; 610; heart failure; cardiac resynchronization therapy; mortality; obesity paradox; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; RC666-701; 616; Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system; Original Article

Patients with obesity have an overall higher cardiovascular risk, at the same time could be associated a better outcome in certain subgroup of patients, phenomenon known as paradox. Data are scarce candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). We aimed to investigate association between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality patients eligible CRT.