Low Body Mass Index, Serum Creatinine, and Cause of Death in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Low Body Mass Index, Serum Creatinine, and Cause of Death in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

BackgroundLow body mass index (BMI) and serum creatinine are surrogate markers of frailty and sarcopenia. Their relationship with cause‐specific mortality in elderly patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention is not well studied. Methods and ResultsWe determined long‐term cardiovascular...

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Main Authors: Kashish Goel, Rajiv Gulati, Guy S. Reeder, Ryan J. Lennon, Bradley R. Lewis, Atta Behfar, Gurpreet S. Sandhu, Charanjit S. Rihal, Mandeep Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
body mass index
cause of death
creatinine
frailty
percutaneous coronary intervention
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.003633

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