Association of Optimal Combination Drug Treatment with Obesity Status among Recent Ischemic Stroke Patients: Results of the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) Trial

Association of Optimal Combination Drug Treatment with Obesity Status among Recent Ischemic Stroke Patients: Results of the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) Trial

Background and Purpose One explanation for the ‘obesity paradox’, where obese patients seem to have better cardiovascular outcomes than lean patients, is that obese patients display an identifiable high cardiovascular risk phenotype that may lead to receiving or seeking earlier/more aggressive treat...

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Main Authors: Jong-Ho Park, Juneyoung Lee, Bruce Ovbiagele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Stroke Society 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Stroke
Subjects:
body mass index
obesity
secondary prevention
stroke
vascular events
death
Online Access:http://www.j-stroke.org/upload/pdf/jos-2016-01347.pdf

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