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Obesity paradox: a myth or reality, time to reveal the fact in a South Asian cohort presenting with STE-ACS undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

OBJECTIVES: Obesity is a globally well-established risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases; however, some studies have witnessed survival benefits among obese patients and this phenomenon is termed ‘the obesity paradox’. Our aim was to evaluate the existence of an obesity paradox in...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Rajesh, Mujtaba, Mustajab, Ahmed, Rameez, Samad, Maryam, ­, Sapna, Ahmed, Salik, Siddiqui, Maria Noor, Rahooja, Kubbra, Rasool, Mohammad, Khan, Sohail, Saghir, Tahir, Qamar, Nadeem, Karim, Musa, Sial, Jawaid Akbar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10277532/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2023-002260