What is it about?
A lower mortality rate observed in overweight and obese patients after cardiovascular intervention
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Why is it important?
it is an unexpected phenomenon which many people are not aware of
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The rate of obesity is increasing year by year. However, an unexpected phenomenon has been observed in such patients after percutaneous coronary intervention called the 'obesity paradox'. This research has shown the existence of this obesity paradox.
Dr Pravesh Kumar Bundhun
first affiliated hospital of Guangxi Medical University
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This page is a summary of: Does an Obesity Paradox Really Exist After Cardiovascular Intervention?, Medicine, November 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health,
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000001910.
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