Impact of body mass index on short-term outcome after acute myocardial infarction: Does excess body weight have a paradoxical protective role?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-399

  Nicoletti, Ilaria ^a   Cicoira, Mariantonietta ^a   Morando, Giorgio ^a   Benazzi, Chiara ^a   Prati, Daniele ^a   Morani, Giovanni ^a   Rossi, Andrea ^a,b   Zardini, Piero ^a   Vassanelli, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Body mass index; Excessive body weight

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33344455266     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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