In-Hospital Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Extremely Obese and Normal-Weight Patients

The impact of obesity on the short-term andlong-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: the obesity paradox?

Luis Gruberg, Neil J. Weissman, Ron Waksman et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2002 · 697 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +15

Increases in Clinically Severe Obesity in the United States, 1986-2000

Roland Sturm · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2003 · 546 citations

Public Health, Population Health Sciences, Disease Surveillance +6

The American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry™ (ACC-NCDR™): building a national clinical data repository

Ralph G. Brindis, Susan Fitzgerald, H. Vernon Anderson et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2001 · 390 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Health Informatics +7

Evidence for obesity paradox in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a report from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry

Oskar Angerås, Per Albertsson, Kristjan Karason et al. · European Heart Journal · 2012 · 289 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiology +16

Impact of Body Weight and Extreme Obesity on the Presentation, Treatment, and In-Hospital Outcomes of 50,149 Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Sandeep R. Das, Karen P. Alexander, Anita Y. Chen et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2011 · 247 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +16