Archives of Medical Research
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 618-624 , October 2009

Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Left Main Disease: The Obesity Paradox

  • Mahmood Shirzad

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Shirzad Mahmood, MD, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, North Kargar St. 1411713138, Tehran, Iran; Phone: +98 2188029256; FAX: +98 2188029256
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  • Abbasali Karimi

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Samaneh Dowlatshahi

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Seyed Hossein Ahmadi

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Saeed Davoodi

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mehrab Marzban

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Namvar Movahedi

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Kyomars Abbasi

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Specialist, Research Department, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Received 28 June 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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PII: S0188-4409(09)00188-X

doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2009.10.005

Archives of Medical Research
Volume 40, Issue 7 , Pages 618-624 , October 2009

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