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The obesity paradox has been recently challenged in the literature to spotlight a vague and ill-defined relationship between obesity extremes and cardiac morbidity and mortality. Patient size and incision size… Click to show full abstract
The obesity paradox has been recently challenged in the literature to spotlight a vague and ill-defined relationship between obesity extremes and cardiac morbidity and mortality. Patient size and incision size both remain important determinants of outcomes. Today, with obesity rates rising around the world, extremely obese patients require experienced teams and substantially improved care.
Keywords:
size matter;
size;
cardiac surgery;
surgery size
Journal Title: Journal of cardiac surgery
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: Journal of cardiac surgery
Year Published: 2021
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