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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:530-531
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

Timothy J. Gardner, MDa

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 4 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

e-mail: gardner@mail.med.upenn.edu

Although one might assume that the influence of patient size and body habitus on outcome after major surgery such as CABG is already well understood, the present report, in fact, adds some important core information to the issue. The authors’ use of body mass index as opposed to body surface area results in greater physiological specificity when defining patient size. In addition, the handling of body size as a continuous variable rather than erroneously treating obesity versus normal body size as a dichotomous variable allows . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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