Adipose Composition and Heart Failure Prognosis: Paradox or Not?

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¹ Department of Cardiovascular Disease, John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: clavie@ochsner.org.
² Department of Cardiovascular Disease, John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Carl J Lavie et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017.

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. 2017 Dec 5;70(22):2750-2751.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.10.017.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Disease, John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: clavie@ochsner.org.
² Department of Cardiovascular Disease, John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Keywords: adipose; body mass index; heart failure; obesity; waist circumference.

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