The Existence of Obesity Paradox and Effect of Obesity on In-Hospital-Outcomes on Elderly Patients Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

In our study, obesity was associated with better coronary flow after percutaneous coronary intervention and the number of lesions was lower in obese patients compared to non-obese elderly patients treated for STEMI. Our results were consistent with the phenomenon of “the obesity paradox”.