Obesity paradox in coronary artery bypass grafting: Myth or reality?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1517-1523

  Benedetto, Umberto ^a   Danese, Carla ^a   Codispoti, Massimiliano ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899901203     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.05.028     Document Type: Article

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