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The Impact of Cocaine Use and the Obesity Paradox in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Due to Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Background Obesity and illicit drugs are independent risk factors for developing heart failure (HF). However, recent studies have suggested that patients who already have HF and are obese have better clinical outcomes. We aim to study the effect of cocaine use on this obesity paradox phenomenon as i...

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Autores principales: Akinlonu, Adedoyin A, Alonso, Alvaro, Mene-Afejuku, Tuoyo O, Lopez, Persio, Kansara, Tikal, Ola, Olatunde, Mushiyev, Savi, Pekler, Gerald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10337646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37448382
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40298