Association between obesity and severity of coronary artery disease at the time of acute myocardial infarction: another piece of the puzzle in the "obesity paradox"

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Sep;176(1):247-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.061. Epub 2014 Jul 5.

¹ The Institute for Heart and Vascular Health and Cardiovascular Diseases, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
² Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
³ The Institute for Heart and Vascular Health and Cardiovascular Diseases, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Jefferson Medical College, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
⁴ John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA, United States; Department of Preventive Medicine, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University Systems, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
⁵ The Institute for Heart and Vascular Health and Cardiovascular Diseases, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: romeroab@einstein.edu.

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Keywords: Coronary artery disease; Obesity; Obesity paradox; Syntax score.

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