The Obesity Paradox in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. A considerable number of studies, however, showed better outcomes for overweight patients undergoing cardiovascular interventions—the so called obesity paradox. HYPOTHESIS: Increased body mass index (BMI) is indep...

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Published in:Clin Cardiol
Main Authors: Konigstein, Maayan, Havakuk, Ofer, Arbel, Yaron, Finkelstein, Ariel, Ben‐Assa, Eyal, Leshem Rubinow, Eran, Abramowitz, Yigal, Keren, Gad, Banai, Shmuel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2015
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Clinical Investigations
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6711073/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25649013
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clc.22355
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