Association between the body mass index and the clinical findings in patients with acute heart failure: evaluation of the obesity paradox in patients with severely decompensated acute heart failure

Obesity is known to be associated with the development of heart failure (HF). However, the relationship between the body mass index (BMI) and acute HF (AHF) remains to be elucidated. Eight hundred and eight AHF patients were enrolled in this study. The patients were assigned to four groups according...

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Published in:Heart and vessels 2017-05, Vol.32 (5), p.600-608
Main Authors: Matsushita, Masato, Shirakabe, Akihiro, Hata, Noritake, Shinada, Takuro, Kobayashi, Nobuaki, Tomita, Kazunori, Tsurumi, Masafumi, Okazaki, Hirotake, Yamamoto, Yoshiya, Asai, Kuniya, Shimizu, Wataru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering
Body Mass Index
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiology
Cause of Death - trends
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Failure - etiology
Heart Failure - mortality
Heart Failure - physiopathology
Humans
Japan - epidemiology
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Obesity - complications
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - physiopathology
Original Article
Prevalence
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Survival Rate - trends
Time Factors
Vascular Surgery
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Summary:Obesity is known to be associated with the development of heart failure (HF). However, the relationship between the body mass index (BMI) and acute HF (AHF) remains to be elucidated. Eight hundred and eight AHF patients were enrolled in this study. The patients were assigned to four groups according to their BMI values: severely thin ( n  = 11, BMI 
ISSN:0910-8327
1615-2573
DOI:10.1007/s00380-016-0908-9