Impact of Overweight on Survival and Primary Graft Failure After Heart Transplantation

Abstract Background Overweight influence on prognosis after heart transplantation remains controversial. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between overweight and survival in this setting. Methods We evaluated 271 cardiac transplant recipients engrafted from 1991 to 2009 w...

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Published in:Transplantation proceedings 2010-10, Vol.42 (8), p.3178-3180
Main Authors: Guisado Rasco, A, Sobrino Márquez, J.M, Nevado Portero, J, Romero Rodríguez, N, Ballesteros Prada, S, Lage Gallé, E, Martínez Martínez, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Fundamental immunology
Graft Rejection
Heart Transplantation
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
Obesity
Overweight
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Survival Analysis
Tissue, organ and graft immunology
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Summary:Abstract Background Overweight influence on prognosis after heart transplantation remains controversial. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between overweight and survival in this setting. Methods We evaluated 271 cardiac transplant recipients engrafted from 1991 to 2009 whose age was 50.3 ± 12.1 (mean; SD) years. Their body mass index (BMI) was 25.7 ± 3.9 kg/m2 . Regarding gender, 85.2% were males. Patients were classified by pretransplantation BMI into group A (>25 kg/m2 ) and group B (
ISSN:0041-1345
1873-2623
DOI:10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.05.139