What is the relation between obesity and severity of coronary artery disease?
Rubinshtein et al. studied the relationship between obesity and severity of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing coronary angiography. They found that obesity was associated with a greater severity of coronary artery disease, as measured by the number of coronary vessels with significant stenosis, the number of vessels with occlusive coronary artery disease, and the total number of stenotic lesions. Additionally, obese patients had a higher prevalence of triple-vessel disease.