Does an Obese Body Mass Index Affect Hospital Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery?

Obesity as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a 26-year follow-up of participants in the Framingham Heart Study.

Helen B. Hubert, M Feinleib, Patricia McNamara et al. · Circulation · 1983 · 4.3K citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Epidemiology +16

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

Impact of body mass index and albumin on morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery

Daniel T. Engelman, David Adams, John G. Byrne et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1999 · 497 citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +12

Obesity among adults in the United States: No statistically significant change since 2003-2004

Cynthia L. Ogden, Margaret D. Carroll, Margaret McDowell et al. · PsycEXTRA Dataset · 2007 · 466 citations

Agriculture, Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition +16

Impact of gender on coronary bypass operative mortality

Fred H. Edwards, Joseph S. Carey, Frederick L. Grover et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1998 · 384 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +10