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Article: Obese Patients Have Worse Survival Partly Due To Less Aggressive Treatment.(of coronary heart disease)
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- April 7, 2001
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2001 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite being younger and having less severe coronary artery disease, morbidly obese patients undergoing cardiac catheterization have worse adjusted survival rates than patients who are not obese, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers in North Carolina.
The data also suggest that more morbidly obese patients with coronary artery disease should be treated with bypass surgery, said Duke cardiologist Dr. John Alexander, the lead researcher of the study. Alexander presented his study results March 21, 2001, at the 50th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida.
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