Journal article
The Relationship of Body Mass Index to Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on in-hospital outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at a tertiary care hospital center in Ontario, Canada.
BACKGROUND: Obesity is present in a large population of patients undergoing revascularization with PCI.
Authors
SHUBAIR MM; PRABHAKARAN P; PAVLOVA V; VELIANOU JL; SHARMA AM; NATARAJAN MK
Journal
Journal of Interventional Cardiology, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 388–395
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
October 2006
DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8183.2006.00189.x
ISSN
0896-4327