BACKGROUND: Obesity is a common comorbidity of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension referred for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, yet the effect of obesity on pulmonary thromboendarterectomy outcomes has not been well described. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study in which 476 consecutive operations over a 3.5-year period were examined to determine the effects of obesity on outcomes. Patients were grouped into four categories based on body mass index (BMI): less than 22 kg/m2, 22 to 30 kg/m2, 30 to 40 kg/m2, and more than 40 kg/m2. RESULTS: There were important differences in baseline pulmonary hemodynamics, with obese patients having significantly lower pulmonary vascular resistances than nonobese patients. All patients achieved a significant reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance, although the improvement was greatest in the lower BMI groups. The overall in-hospital mortality was 0.8%, and there were no differences in risk among BMI groups. Among the BMI groups, there were no differences in incidence of postoperative complications, including atrial fibrillation (overall 24.8%), reperfusion lung injury (overall 23.1%), and surgical site infection (overall 4.4%) or in median lengths of stay (including ventilator days, intensive care unit days, and postoperative length of stay). CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy outcomes have continued to improve, and this surgery can safely be completed in obese patients, previously deemed to be at high risk for poor outcomes.
BACKGROUND:Obesity is a common comorbidity of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension referred for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, yet the effect of obesity on pulmonary thromboendarterectomy outcomes has not been well described. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study in which 476 consecutive operations over a 3.5-year period were examined to determine the effects of obesity on outcomes. Patients were grouped into four categories based on body mass index (BMI): less than 22 kg/m2, 22 to 30 kg/m2, 30 to 40 kg/m2, and more than 40 kg/m2. RESULTS: There were important differences in baseline pulmonary hemodynamics, with obesepatients having significantly lower pulmonary vascular resistances than nonobese patients. All patients achieved a significant reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance, although the improvement was greatest in the lower BMI groups. The overall in-hospital mortality was 0.8%, and there were no differences in risk among BMI groups. Among the BMI groups, there were no differences in incidence of postoperative complications, including atrial fibrillation (overall 24.8%), reperfusion lung injury (overall 23.1%), and surgical site infection (overall 4.4%) or in median lengths of stay (including ventilator days, intensive care unit days, and postoperative length of stay). CONCLUSIONS:Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy outcomes have continued to improve, and this surgery can safely be completed in obesepatients, previously deemed to be at high risk for poor outcomes.
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