Body Mass Index and Sudden Cardiac Death in Japanese Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Data From the JCAD Study and HIJAMI‐II Registry

Body Mass Index and Sudden Cardiac Death in Japanese Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Data From the JCAD Study and HIJAMI‐II Registry

Background Although an “obesity paradox” exists in patients after myocardial infarction, the association between obesity and the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is limited. The aim of this study was to determine whether obesity is associated with an increased risk of SCD in Japanese survivors of...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Shiga, Takahide Kohro, Hiro Yamasaki, Kazutaka Aonuma, Atsushi Suzuki, Hiroshi Ogawa, Nobuhisa Hagiwara, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryozo Nagai, Hiroshi Kasanuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
body mass index
left ventricular ejection fraction
myocardial infarction
obesity
sudden cardiac death
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.008633

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