2019
Body mass index and outcomes of cardiac resynchronization with implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator therapy in older patients with heart failure
Echouffo‐Tcheugui J, Masoudi FA, Bao H, Curtis JP, Heidenreich PA, Fonarow GC. Body mass index and outcomes of cardiac resynchronization with implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator therapy in older patients with heart failure. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2019, 21: 1093-1102. PMID: 31359595, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexDevice-related complicationsNormal weightMass indexNational Cardiovascular Data Registry Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator RegistryImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator RegistryImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapyClass III obesityHeart failure outcomesCardioverter-defibrillator therapyObesity class IObesity class IICardiac resynchronization therapyObesity class IIIHF patientsUnderweight patientsDefibrillator implantationElderly patientsHazard ratioObese patientsOlder patientsBMI categoriesHeart failureResynchronization therapyCardiac resynchronization
2012
Low Body Mass Index but Not Obesity Is Associated With In‐Hospital Adverse Events and Mortality Among Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Recipients: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry
Hsu JC, Varosy PD, Bao H, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Marcus GM. Low Body Mass Index but Not Obesity Is Associated With In‐Hospital Adverse Events and Mortality Among Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Recipients: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2012, 1: e003863. PMID: 23316325, PMCID: PMC3540679, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.112.003863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexNormal weight patientsFirst-time ICD recipientsWeight patientsAdverse eventsICD recipientsHospital deathHospital stayUnderweight patientsICD implantationObese patientsMass indexNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryAssociation of BMINational Cardiovascular Data RegistryLower body mass indexImplantable cardioverter defibrillator recipientsHierarchical multivariable logistic regressionMore periprocedural complicationsHospital adverse eventsMultivariable logistic regressionSudden cardiac deathPatient body habitusReal-world populationHospital complications
2005
The Obesity Paradox: Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure
Curtis JP, Selter JG, Wang Y, Rathore SS, Jovin IS, Jadbabaie F, Kosiborod M, Portnay EL, Sokol SI, Bader F, Krumholz HM. The Obesity Paradox: Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure. JAMA Internal Medicine 2005, 165: 55-61. PMID: 15642875, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.1.55.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHeart failureDigitalis Investigation Group trialBaseline body mass indexStable heart failureStudy of patientsLean patientsObese patientsMass indexHealthy weightAdverse outcomesChronic diseasesGroup trialsGeneral populationStable outpatientsBetter outcomesPatientsOutcomesOverweightObesityOutpatientsDiseaseTrials