American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 8 , Pages 957-965 , 15 October 2008

Impact of Body Mass Index and Waist-to-Hip Ratio on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the Korean Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry)

  • Sang-Hee Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea
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  • Jong-Seon Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 82-53-620-3833; fax: 82-53-621-3310
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  • Woong Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea
    • ,
  • Dong-Gu Shin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea
    • ,
  • Young-Jo Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea
    • ,
  • Dong-Su Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Inje University Baek Hospital, Pusan, South Korea
    • ,
  • Dong-Ju Choi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Bundang, South Korea
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  • Kyoo-Rok Han, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, South Korea
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  • Chong-Jin Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kyunghee University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Myeong-Chan Cho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungju, South Korea
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  • Shung-Chull Chae, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea
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  • Myung-Ho Jeong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea
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  • Korean Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators

Received 7 March 2008 ,Revised 2 June 2008 ,Accepted 2 June 2008.

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 This study was performed with the support of the Korean Circulation Society in honor of its 50th anniversary.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01009-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.06.022

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 102, Issue 8 , Pages 957-965 , 15 October 2008

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