Clinical implications of weight loss in heart failure

J Card Fail. 2014 Mar;20(3):190-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.01.002. Epub 2014 Jan 8.

Authors

Carl J Lavie¹, Hector O Ventura²

Affiliations

¹ John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Department of Preventive Medicine, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University Systems, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Electronic address: clavie@ochsner.org.
² John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

PMID: 24412243
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.01.002

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Editorial
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MeSH terms

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / mortality*
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / trends*
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices / trends*
Female
Heart Failure / mortality*
Humans
Male
Obesity / mortality*
Weight Loss*