Impact of waist circumference on hospital outcome and coronary angiographic findings of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Impact of waist circumference on hospital outcome and coronary angiographic findings of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Background: Several studies showed that ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with high body mass index (BMI) have better in-hospital outcomes. Aim: This study examined the impact of waist circumference (WC) on the hospital outcome and coronary angiographic extent of STEMI pati...

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Main Authors: Sameh W.G. Bakhoum, Samir M. Sorour, Mohamed Z. Elramly, Hala Z. Raslan, Iman I. Salama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2015-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
Subjects:
Obesity
Waist circumference
Acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
Gensini score
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110260814000337

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