The association between body mass index and coronary artery disease severity: A comparison of black and white patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 514-520

  Stalls, Caleb M ^a,b   Triplette, Matthew A ^a,c   Viera, Anthony J ^a,d   Pathman, Donald E ^a,d   Cohen, Mauricio G ^e   Rossi, Joseph S ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Care Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENSINI SCORE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897033859     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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