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- Title
Effect of obesity and being overweight on long-term mortality in congestive heart failure: influence of left ventricular systolic function.
- Authors
Gustafsson, Finn; Kragelund, Charlotte B.; Torp-Pedersen, Christian; Seibæk, Marie; Burchardt, Hans; Akkan, Dilek; Thune, Jens Jakob; Køber, Lars
- Abstract
Aims Previous studies have suggested that a high body mass index (BMI) is associated with an improved outcome in congestive heart failure (CHF). However, the studies addressing this problem have not included enough patients with non-systolic heart failure to evaluate how left ventricular systolic function interacts with obesity on prognosis in CHF. The aim of this study was to evaluate how BMI influences mortality in patients hospitalized with CHF, and to address in particular whether the effect of BMI is influenced by left ventricular (LV) systolic function.
- Publication
European Heart Journal, 2005, Vol 26, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
0195-668X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehi022