The obesity paradox in heart failure: Weighing the evidence

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 2750-2752

  Wang, Thomas J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84919625896     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.09.068     Document Type: Editorial

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