Myocardial infarction and coronary pathology in severely obese people examined at autopsy

To find out the severity of coronary atherosclerosis and its relationship to body structure and adiposity in severely obese people with body mass index (BMI) > or = 35.0 kg/m(2) and to examine the incidence and characteristic features of myocardial infarction and other fatal coronary events in this population.Autopsy reports were analyzed, including data on age, height, weight, abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness, heart weight, coronary...