background: studies have shown controversial effects of obesity on major adverse cardiac events (mace) after percutaneous coronary intervention (pci). we sought to investigate the impact of the body mass index (bmi) on the mid-term outcome following successful pci. methods: between march 2006 and august 2008, 3948 patients underwent successful elective pci in tehran heart center, tehran, iran, ...

results a total of 235 patients (135 women) with a mean age of 59 ± 9.2 years (range = 29 to 79 years), mean bmi of 27.3 ± 4.2 (range = 17 to 40), and mean waist circumference of 101.2 ± 14.7 cm (range = 55 to 145 cm) were included. by the third postoperative month, wound infection had significantly increased in patients with bmi ≥ 30 (p = 0.022). in-hospital and late morbidity and mortality ra...

BACKGROUND With increasing rates of obesity and its link with cardiovascular disease, there is a need for better understanding of the obesity-outcome relationship. This study explores the association between categories of obesity with treatment times and mortality for patients experiencing ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined 8725 patients with ST-segmen...

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background although current data shows a positive association between obesity and development of coronary heart disease (chd) in general population, there is limited data on the important protective role of central or general obesity in patients with prevalent chd or the “obesity paradox”, from this region. conclusions results of this study demonstrated an apparently protective effect for overw...

BACKGROUND Current risk models for predicting long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention are restricted to all-cause mortality. We sought to develop novel risk models for the prediction of cardiac and noncardiac mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention. METHODS AND RESULTS We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent index percutaneous coronary intervention ...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the obesity paradox persists in the long term and to study the effect of optimal medical treatment on this phenomenon. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. SETTING A tertiary care centre in Rotterdam. PARTICIPANTS From January 2000 to December 2005, 6332 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary artery disease were categorised into und...

conclusions physicians involved in care of methadone patients should recommend dietary and lifestyle changes to improve their overall health. results within one year from admission to treatment, a statistically significant (t-tests, p < 0.05) increase was noted in their body mass index (bmi), % of body fat, average body mass, and average basal metabolic rate, and relative decrease in their % of...