Medical therapy and PCI-treated patients with modest overweight (BMI category 26.5-<28 kg/m(2)) had the lowest risk of mortality [hazard ratio (HR) 0.52; 95% CI ...

Nov 10, 2020 · The SPUM-ACS (Special Program University Medicine-Acute Coronary Syndrome) study showed that obese patients with ACS (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) had a ...

The obesity paradox in patients with ACS has been confirmed, and it is remarkable that obese patients had more often diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension, ...

Conclusion In conclusion, we have found evidence of the obesity paradox in in-hospital morbidity, but not in mortality, after primary PCI of patients with ST- ...

In-hospital outcomes revealed higher rates of mortality (2.8% vs 0.9% vs 3.7%; P < 0.001) in normal weight and obese patients as compared to overweight patients ...

Aug 5, 2013 · Normal BMI had highest peri-hospital mortality, notably those with high WC. In logistic regression of mortality on obesity measures and ...

Background: The protective effect of obesity in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Overweight and obese patients were of younger age, had more CVD risk factors, and had larger vessel size and shorter, less calcified and less complex lesions ...

Oct 30, 2014 · In 20 of 26 studies, overweight and/or obese patients were younger (1-10 years). Madaļa et al. [43] observed that the first NSTEMI occurred ...

Jan 20, 2016 · Therefore, heart failure is increasingly common in obese and overweight persons [9]. In spite of this clear evidence, obese persons with heart ...