An Apparent Obesity Paradox in Cardiac Surgery

Circulation. 2017 Feb 28;135(9):864-866. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.026856.

¹ From Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (M.R.C., S.S.K.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (S.S.K.). carnethon@northwestern.edu.
² From Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (M.R.C., S.S.K.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (S.S.K.).

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Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; mortality; obesity; thoracic surgery; weight reduction programs.

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