Does Body Mass Index Affect Mortality in Coronary Surgery?

DISCUSSION: Patients with extreme BMI's undergoing CABG (underweight ones more than morbidly obese) suffer increased crude mortality. This simple observation indicates that under nutrition and morbid obesity need be further explored as risk factors for coronary surgery. PMID: 28217179 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217179?dopt=Abstract

Source: Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal - February 23, 2017 Category: Cardiology Tags: Open Cardiovasc Med J Source Type: research