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The Obesity Paradox and Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of a Decade of Evidence

There is scientific consensus that obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure. However, among persons who already have heart failure, outcomes seem to be better in obese persons as compared with lean persons: this has been termed the obesity paradox, the mechanism...

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Autores principales: Oga, Emmanuel Aja, Eseyin, Olabimpe Ruth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9040248