title: Obesity is associated with higher mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock.
abstract: Cardiogenic shock is the leading cause of death in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Studies that have focused on identifying mortality predictors in patients with cardiogenic shock have not evaluated outcomes in obese patients. A study of sixty-one patients with cardiogenic shock demonstrated that obese patients with cardiogenic shock have a higher mortality risk compared to non-obese patients.
authors.forename: Paari Dominic
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Swaminathan
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stancu
authors.forename: Prasannakumar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khosla
authors.forename: Rohit R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Arora
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000401:mortality*