Does obesity make it better or worse: Insights into cardiovascular illnesses

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 330-332

  Von Haehling, Stephan ^a   Hartmann, Oliver ^a,b   Anker, Stefan D ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC   (Germany)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84873402417     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs237     Document Type: Review

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