Effect of Body Mass Index on Ischemic and Bleeding Events in Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes (from the START-ANTIPLATELET Registry)

Authors :: Daniele Pastori
Paolo Gresele
Marzia Conte
Arturo Cesaro
Ferdinando Carlo Sasso
Gentian Denas
Giuseppe Patti
Pia Clara Pafundi
Gualtiero Palareti
Paolo Calabrò
Plinio Cirillo
Emilia Antonucci
Fabio Fimiani
Tiziana Fierro
Luigi Di Serafino
Elisabetta Moscarella
Vittorio Pengo
Camilleri Eleonora
Ilaria Cavallari
Pasquale Pignatelli
Rossella Marcucci
Felice Gragnano
Maurizio Del Pinto
Calabro, P.
Moscarella, E.
Gragnano, F.
Cesaro, A.
Pafundi, P. C.
Patti, G.
Cavallari, I.
Antonucci, E.
Cirillo, P.
Pignatelli, P.
Palareti, G.
Sasso, F. C.
Pengo, V.
Gresele, P.
Marcucci, R.
Conte, M.
Fimiani, F.
Di Serafino, L.
del Pinto, M.
Denas, G.
Pastori, D.
Eleonora, C.
Fierro, T.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: The protective effect of obesity on mortality in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) patients remains debated. We aimed at evaluating the impact of obesity on ischemic and bleeding events as possible explanations to the obesity paradox in ACS patients. For the purpose of this substudy, patients enrolled in the START-ANTIPLATELET registry were stratified according to body mass index (BMI) into 3 groups: normal, BMI

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