Exercise Training in Obese Patients with Heart Failure: Time to Tackle the Burden

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cardiac Rehabilitation Operative Unit, San Filippo Neri Hospital-Salus Infirmorum Clinic, Rome, Italy.
² Physical Medicine and Neurorehabilitation Operative Unit, Salus Infirmorum Clinic, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cardiac Rehabilitation Operative Unit, San Filippo Neri Hospital-Salus Infirmorum Clinic, Rome, Italy; Physical Medicine and Neurorehabilitation Operative Unit, Salus Infirmorum Clinic, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Research, EDUCAM (C.R.O.M.O.N., S.Os.I., A.I.R.O.P.), Rome, Italy.
⁵ Cardiology Division, Santa Maria della Stella Hospital, Orvieto, Italy.

Comment

Massimo Leggio et al. Am J Med. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;131(10):e425.

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.04.002. Epub 2018 Jun 8.

¹ Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cardiac Rehabilitation Operative Unit, San Filippo Neri Hospital-Salus Infirmorum Clinic, Rome, Italy.
² Physical Medicine and Neurorehabilitation Operative Unit, Salus Infirmorum Clinic, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cardiac Rehabilitation Operative Unit, San Filippo Neri Hospital-Salus Infirmorum Clinic, Rome, Italy; Physical Medicine and Neurorehabilitation Operative Unit, Salus Infirmorum Clinic, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Research, EDUCAM (C.R.O.M.O.N., S.Os.I., A.I.R.O.P.), Rome, Italy.
⁵ Cardiology Division, Santa Maria della Stella Hospital, Orvieto, Italy.

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The Reply.
Packer M. Packer M. Am J Med. 2018 Oct;131(10):e427. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.05.009. Am J Med. 2018. PMID: 30316405 No abstract available.

Do Most Obese People with Exercise Intolerance and a Normal Ejection Fraction Have Treatable Heart Failure?
Packer M. Packer M. Am J Med. 2018 Aug;131(8):863-864. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.01.038. Epub 2018 Mar 28. Am J Med. 2018. PMID: 29477710 No abstract available.