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The enigma continues: Obesity in chronic total occlusion patients does not affect success or complications…but Americans are still too fat!
Author(s) -
Patel Nachiket J.,
Heuser Richard R.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.29718
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , overweight , percutaneous coronary intervention , obesity , coronary occlusion , obesity paradox , cardiology , occlusion , surgery , myocardial infarction
Key Points Eighty‐five percent of patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the OPEN‐CTO registry were either overweight or obese. There is no difference in procedure success and outcomes between overweight and obese patients undergoing CTO PCI compared to normal weight. Overweight and obese patients derive similar health status benefits after CTO PCI.