Relationship of obesity to adverse events in myocardial infarction patients without primary percutaneous coronary intervention: results from the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT)

Objective: Our goal was to investigate the “obesity paradox” in myocardial infarction populations without primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI).Methods: The Occluded Artery Trial (OAT, Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT00004562) is a randomized, multicenter study to investigate the influence of routine percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on the clinical outcomes of myocardial infarction patients without PPCI. We stratified these patients...