Fat, cachexia, and the right ventricle in heart failure: a web of complicity

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Oct 29;62(18):1671-1673. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.021. Epub 2013 Jul 31.

Author

Mandeep R Mehra¹

Affiliation

¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: mmehra@partners.org.

PMID: 23916932
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.021

No abstract available

Keywords: body composition; cardiac cachexia; heart failure; obesity paradox; right ventricular function.

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Editorial
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MeSH terms

Body Composition / physiology*
Female
Heart Failure, Systolic / mortality*
Heart Failure, Systolic / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology*