Impact of Low Body Mass Index on Features of Coronary Culprit Plaques and Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Nobuaki Kobayashi,Yusaku Shibata,Osamu Kurihara,Takahiro Todoroki,Masayuki Tsutsumi,Akihiro Shirakabe,Masamichi Takano,Kuniya Asai,Yasushi Miyauchi

Impact of Low Body Mass Index on Features of Coronary Culprit Plaques and Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome.

2021

Nobuaki Kobayashi
Yusaku Shibata
Osamu Kurihara
Takahiro Todoroki
Masayuki Tsutsumi
Akihiro Shirakabe
Masamichi Takano
Kuniya Asai
Yasushi Miyauchi

The mechanisms behind poorer cardiac outcomes in underweight patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are not understood and features of coronary culprit lesions in underweight ACS patients have not been fully examined. A total of 1,683 patients with ACS were divided into 4 groups according to body mass index (BMI):

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