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. 2021 Apr 20;10(8):e018631.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.018631. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Edema Index Predicts Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Amr Marawan  1   2 , Georgia K Thomas  1   2 , Justin M Canada  2 , Hayley E Billingsley  2   3 , Dave L Dixon  4 , Benjamin W Van Tassell  4 , Dinesh Kadariya  2 , Roshanak Markley  2 , Brando Rotelli  2 , Keyur B Shah  2 , Le Kang  5 , Francesco S Celi  6 , Antonio Abbate  2 , Salvatore Carbone  2   3
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Edema Index Predicts Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Amr Marawan et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
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Dr Carbone is supported by a Career Development Award 19CDA34660318 from the American Heart Association. The remaining authors have no disclosures to report.

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Figure. 1
Figure. 1. Edema index, cardiorespiratory fitness, and functional capacity.
Edema index was inversely associated with peak oxygen consumption (VO2) (A) and exercise time (B), measured during maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
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