The Existence of Obesity Paradox and Effect of Obesity on In-Hospital-Outcomes on Elderly Patients Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Emre, Ender; URAL, ERTAN; Aktas, Mujdat; KAHRAMAN, GÖKSEL; Bildirici, Ulas; KILIÇ, TEOMAN; Akay, Kadriye; Cekirdeci, Elif; ŞAHİN, TAYFUN; Ural, Dilek

doi:10.1016/j.ijge.2017.07.008

The Existence of Obesity Paradox and Effect of Obesity on In-Hospital-Outcomes on Elderly Patients Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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Emre E., URAL E., Aktas M., KAHRAMAN G., Bildirici U., KILIÇ T., ...Daha Fazla

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY, cilt.12, sa.1, ss.17-21, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2018
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijge.2017.07.008
Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.17-21
Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Many studies have been conducted about the existence of obesity paradox in cardiovascular diseases. But, there is limited data on elderly patients. The aim of this study is to explore the existence of the "obesity paradox" and effect of obesity in periprocedural outcomes in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).