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The Obesity Paradox in Heart Failure: Accepting Reality and Making Rational Decisions

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CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS
Volume 90, Issue 1, Pages 188-190

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2011.72

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  1. European Commission [241558 (SICA-HF)]

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The obesity paradox in chronic heart failure (HF) has a number of facets that require discussion. These involve beliefs, various statistical results, and clinical messages. We believe that the paradox is here to stay-the data are just too overwhelming for us to believe otherwise. The main question, however, is what should be the message for patients and their physicians?

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