The «obesity paradox» and heart failure: The story continues;Insuficiencia cardiaca y la «paradoja de la obesidad»: La historia continúa

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1113-1117

  Artham, Surya M ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a,b  

^a Centro Médico Ochsner   (United States)

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; MORTALITY; NOTE;

BODY MASS INDEX; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 37349054443     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13111781     Document Type: Editorial

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