The "obesity-mortality paradox" phenomenon among Asian patients following percutaneous coronary artery intervention

Gen-Min Lin; Yi-Hwei Li; Chin-Lon Lin; Ji-Hung Wang; Chih-Lu Han

doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.08.001

The "obesity-mortality paradox" phenomenon among Asian patients following percutaneous coronary artery intervention

J Cardiol. 2013 Dec;62(6):379. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.08.001. Epub 2013 Sep 21.

Authors

Gen-Min Lin¹, Yi-Hwei Li², Chin-Lon Lin³, Ji-Hung Wang³, Chih-Lu Han⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan. Electronic address: farmer507@yahoo.com.tw.
² Department of Public Health, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
³ Division of Cardiology, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

PMID: 24060525
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.08.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Body mass index; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Obesity-mortality paradox; Obstructive coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Obesity / complications*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*