The obesity paradox in aortic stenosis: To be or not to be

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1691-1693

  Dumesnil, Jean G ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aortic valve stenosis; body mass index; cardiovascular disease; obesity; outcomes

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84886376734     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.047     Document Type: Editorial

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