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Obesity paradox among elderly patients with coronary artery disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery

BACKGROUND: High body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for chronic cardiac disease. However, mounting evidence supports that high BMI is associated with less risk of cardiac morbidity and mortality compared with normal BMI, also known as the obesity paradox. Therefore, we sought to determine the ex...

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Autores principales: Che, Lu, Xu, Li, Wang, Ming-Ya, Huang, Yu-Guang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6188976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30344544
http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2018.09.004