Analyzing the weight of evidence on the obesity paradox and heart failure-is there a limit to the madness?

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 158-159

  Lavie, Carl J ^a,b   Ventura, Hector O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; EDITORIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84881291320     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/chf.12040     Document Type: Editorial

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