Relation Between Body Mass Index and Clinical Outcome in Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-477

  Wells, Bryan ^a   Gentry, Mindy ^a   Ruiz Arango, Andres ^a   Dias, James ^a   Landolfo, Carolyn K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDERWEIGHT;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEORGIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33746766923     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.02.053     Document Type: Article

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