Impact of obesity on outcomes in myocardial infarction: Combating the "obesity paradox"

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 2651-2653

  Lavie, Carl J ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

extreme obesity; obesity; outcomes; quality of care; STEMI

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; RENIN;

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY, MORBID; REGISTRIES;

EID: 82955222836     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.09.032     Document Type: Editorial

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