Impact of body mass index on outcome in patients undergoing carotid stenting.
The outcomes of patients who underwent carotid artery interventions were evaluated by body mass index (BMI). Although there was no association between BMI and short-term outcomes, patients with small BMIs were susceptible to an exaggerated long-term mortality hazard.
Gurm
Hitinder S
HS
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Fathi
Robert
R
Kapadia
Samir R
SR
Abou-Chebl
Alex
A
Vivek
Deepak P
DP
Bajzer
Chris
C
Yadav
Jay S
JS
D000368:Aged; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome