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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |