Should we target obesity in advanced heart failure? Topical collection on heart failure

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Vest, Amanda R ^a   Young, James B ^a,b  

^a Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^b Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Bariatric surgery; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Left ventricular dysfunction; Obesity; Obesity paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894096628     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-013-0284-z     Document Type: Article

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