Obesity paradox is not recognized in chronic heart failure patients with metabolic syndrome
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The obesity paradox is not observed in chronic heart failure patients with metabolic syndrome
INTRODUCTION Although being overweight or obese is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, obese subjects often live longer than their lean peers, and this is known as the obesity paradox. We investigated the impact of obesity on cardiac prognosis in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients, with or without metabolic syndrome. DESIGN AND METHODS We divided 374 consecutive CHF patients into two ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht308.p1508