Trends and Outcomes Associated With Bariatric Surgery and Pharmacotherapies With Weight Loss Effects Among Patients With Heart Failure and Obesity

BACKGROUND: Utilization patterns of bariatric surgery among older patients with heart failure (HF), and the associations with cardiovascular outcomes, are not well known.

METHODS: Medicare beneficiaries with HF and at least class II obesity from 2013 to 2020 were identified with Medicare Provider Analysis and Review 100% inpatient files and Medicare 5% outpatient files. Patients who underwent bariatric surgery were matched to controls in a 1:2 ratio (matched on exact age, sex, race, body mass index, HF encounter year, and HF hospitalization rate pre-surgery/matched period). In an exploratory analysis, patients prescribed pharmacotherapies with weight loss effects (semaglutide, liraglutide, naltrexone-bupropion, or orlistat) were identified and matched to controls with a similar strategy in addition to HF medical therapy data. Cox models evaluated associations between weight loss therapies (as a time-varying covariate) and mortality risk and HF hospitalization rate (calculated as the rate of HF hospitalizations following index HF encounter per 100 person-months) during follow-up.

RESULTS: Of 298 101 patients with HF and body mass index ≥35 kg/m2, 2594 (0.9%) underwent bariatric surgery (45% men; mean age, 56.2 years; mean body mass index, 51.5 kg/m2). In propensity-matched analyses over a median follow-up of 4.7 years, bariatric surgery was associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality (HR, 0.55 [95% CI, 0.49-0.63]; P<0.001), greater reduction in HF hospitalization rate (rate ratio, 0.72 [95% CI, 0.67-0.77]; P<0.001), and lower atrial fibrillation risk (HR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.65-0.93]; P=0.006). Use of pharmacotherapies with weight loss effects was low (4.8%), with 96.3% prescribed GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) agonists (semaglutide, 23.6%; liraglutide, 72.7%). In propensity-matched analysis over a median follow-up of 2.8 years, patients receiving pharmacotherapies with weight loss effects (versus matched controls) had a lower risk of all-cause mortality (HR, 0.82 [95% CI, 0.71-0.95]; P=0.007) and HF hospitalization rate (rate ratio, 0.87 [95% CI, 0.77-0.99]; P=0.04).

CONCLUSIONS: Bariatric surgery and pharmacotherapies with weight loss effects are associated with a lower risk of adverse outcomes among older patients with HF and obesity; however, overall utilization remains low.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Circ Heart Fail. 2024 Feb;17(2):e011323. - PMID 38275126

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Circulation. Heart failure - 17(2024), 2 vom: 29. Feb., Seite e010453

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mentias, Amgad [VerfasserIn]
Desai, Milind Y [VerfasserIn]
Aminian, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Kershaw V [VerfasserIn]
Keshvani, Neil [VerfasserIn]
Verma, Subodh [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Leslie [VerfasserIn]
Jacob, Miriam [VerfasserIn]
Alvarez, Paulino [VerfasserIn]
Lincoff, A Michael [VerfasserIn]
Van Spall, Harriette G C [VerfasserIn]
Lam, Carolyn S P [VerfasserIn]
Butler, Javed [VerfasserIn]
Nissen, Steven E [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Ambarish [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

839I73S42A
Bariatric surgery
Heart failure
Journal Article
Liraglutide
Obesity
Outpatients
Weight loss

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Date Completed 22.02.2024

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Circ Heart Fail. 2024 Feb;17(2):e011323. - PMID 38275126

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.122.010453

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NLM367655330