Open AccessDiscordances between predicted and actual risk in obese patients with suspected cardiac ischaemia
Author(s) -
Sheldon E. Litwin,
Adrian Coles,
C. Larry Hill,
Brooke Alhanti,
Neha J. Pagidipati,
Kerry L. Lee,
Patricia A. Pellikka,
Daniel B. Mark,
James E. Udelson,
Lawton S. Cooper,
JeanClaude Tardif,
Udo Hoffmann,
Pamela S. Douglas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
heart
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.184
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1468-201X
pISSN - 1355-6037
DOI - 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314503
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , coronary artery disease , myocardial infarction , angina , unstable angina , obesity , proportional hazards model , diabetes mellitus , framingham risk score , cardiology , disease , endocrinology
To test the relationship between increasing severity of obesity, calculated risk and observed outcomes.