BMI

Brief Communication

Body Mass Index and Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: Is Overweight the New Normal?

03/01/2023

Bahadir Simsek, MD¹; Spyridon Kostantinis, MD¹; Judit Karacsonyi, MD, PhD¹; Khaldoon Alaswad, MD²; Rhian E. Davies, MD³; Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD⁴; Darshan Doshi, MD⁴; Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD⁵; Jaikirshan Khatri, MD⁶; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD¹

Bahadir Simsek, MD1; Spyridon Kostan...

Although high body mass index (BMI) is a known risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases, people who are overweight or obese often have better outcomes after cardiac procedures. Whether this "obesity paradox" is observed in...

Although high body mass index...

03/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology