The individualized obesity paradox

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¹ Pharmacology and Metabolic Research, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: ulrich.kintscher@charite.de.

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Ulrich Kintscher. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014.

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. 2014 Mar 4;63(8):786-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.10.069. Epub 2013 Dec 4.

¹ Pharmacology and Metabolic Research, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: ulrich.kintscher@charite.de.

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Keywords: heart failure; obesity; obesity paradox.

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