Adipose Composition and Heart Failure Prognosis: Paradox or Not?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 70, Issue 22, 2017, Pages 2750-2751

  Lavie, Carl J ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

adipose; body mass index; heart failure; obesity; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; HEART FAILURE; OBESITY;

ADIPOSITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 85034041018     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.10.017     Document Type: Editorial

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