Obesity is associated with premature occurrence of acute myocardial infarction

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 542-547

  Al Suwaidi, J ^a   Scott Wright, R ^a   Grill, J P ^a   Hensrud, D D ^a   Murphy, J G ^a   Squires, R W ^a   Kopecky, S L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Age; Coronary artery disease; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0034906268     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960240804     Document Type: Article

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