Body mass and survival in patients with chronic heart failure without cachexia: The importance of obesity

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-35

  Davos, Constantinos H ^a   Doehner, Wolfram ^a,b   Rauchhaus, Mathias ^a   Cicoira, Mariantonietta ^a,c   Francis, Darrel P ^a   Coats, Andrew J S ^a   Clark, Andrew L ^a,d   Anker, Stefan D ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cachexia; Chronic heart failure; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0037300662     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2003.4     Document Type: Article

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