Obesity & Coronary Artery Disease

Obese coronary artery disease patients undergoing MPS were at lower risk of cardiac death

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 29th, 2006

Obese coronary artery disease patients undergoing myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography were at lower risk of cardiac death.

According to a study from the United States, "The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the prognostic value of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (MPS)."

"The prognostic value of MPS in the obese has not been evaluated. We studied 4,720 patients with and 10,019 patients without known coronary artery disease (CAD) who underwent rest T1-201/stress Tc-99m sestamibi MPS, including 5,233 gated MPS studies and followed up (mean...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2006-05-29)

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