Lack of relationship between obesity and mortality or morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Abstract

Obesity was common and was present in over a third of patients undergoing CABG with 13% of the entire cohort being morbidly obese. Mortality and morbidity rates did not differ across BMI categories. Obesity should not be considered a risk factor for adverse outcomes after CABG and should not be a contraindication for surgery.