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IMPACT OF OBESITY ON THE OUTCOMES OF STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY: AN ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE
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IMPACT OF OBESITY ON THE OUTCOMES OF STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY: AN ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE

Ram Belbase, Saurabh Aggarwal, Ryan Walters and Venkata Alla
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol.69(11), pp.851-851
03/21/2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(17)34240-7

Abstract

Acute coronary syndromes Cardiomyopathy Mortality Obesity Trends
Conclusions: In this large sample of stress cardiomyopathy patients, we observed significantly lower in-hospital mortality among obese patients, suggesting that "obesity paradox" applies to patients admitted to hospital with Stress Cardiomyopathy akin to those with ACS.
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