Rodrigo Santin Ramos, Isadora Salvador Rocco, Marcela Viceconte, José Amalth do Espírito Santo, Otavio Berwanger, Renato Hideo Nakagawa Santos, Renato Abdala Karam Kalil, Fabio B Jatene, Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti, Alexandre Cabral Zilli, Walace de Souza Pimentel, Nelson Américo Hossne, João Nelson Rodrigues Branco, Renata Trimer, Paulo Roberto Barbora Evora, Walter J Gomes, Solange Guizilin
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between body mass index (BMI), obesity, clinical outcomes, and mortality following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in Brazil using a large sample with one year of follow-up from the Brazilian Registry of Cardiovascular Surgeries in Adults (or BYPASS) Registry database. METHODS: A multicenter cohort-study enrolled 2,589 patients submitted to isolated CABG and divided them into normal weight (BMI 20.0-24.9 kg/m2), overweight (BMI 25...
April 3, 2024: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery