The influence of body mass index on mortality and bleeding among patients with or at high-risk of atherothrombotic disease.

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Published in Eur Heart J on February 20, 2009

Authors

Koon-Hou Mak1, Deepak L Bhatt, Mingyuan Shao, Steven M Haffner, Christian W Hamm, Graeme J Hankey, S Claiborne Johnston, Gilles Montalescot, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Steven R Steinhubl, Keith A A Fox, Eric J Topol

Author Affiliations

1: Gleneagles Medical Centre, 6 Napier Road No. 08-13, Singapore.

Associated clinical trials:

Clopidogrel for High Atherothrombotic Risk and Ischemic Stabilization, Management and Avoidance (CHARISMA) | NCT00050817

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