Obesity paradox in a cohort of 4880 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

E. Hastie, Claire; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Slack, R.; C H Pell, A; G. Oldroyd, Keith; D. Flapan, Andrew; Jennings, K; Irving, John; Eteiba, Hany; F. Dominiczak, Anna; P. Pell, Jill

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp317

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Obesity paradox in a cohort of 4880 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Published in European Heart Journal • Aug 17, 2009

Authors:

Claire E. Hastie

Sandosh Padmanabhan

R. Slack

Abstract

AIMS: We sought to investigate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on long-term all-cause mortality in patients following first-time elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS AND RESULTS: We used the Scottish Coronary Revascularisation Register to undertake a cohort study of all pat...

Subject

Medicine

Percutaneous coronary intervention

Conventional PCI

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