Impact of body mass index on surgical coronary revascularization for ischaemic heart failure: insights from STICHES

Abstract Aims Patients with obesity and ischaemic heart failure may counter‐intuitively have better outcomes compared with patients with normal body weight due to an ‘obesity paradox’. This study sought to determine if body mass index (BMI) impacts the treatment effects or safety outcomes of the tre...

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Main Authors: Nicholas S. Hendren, Lin Zhong, Ian J. Neeland, Katherine C. Michelis, Mark H. Drazner, W.H. Wilson Tang, Ambarish Pandey, Justin L. Grodin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-12-01
Series:ESC Heart Failure
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12954