Exercise tolerance can explain the obesity paradox in patients with systolic heart failure: data from the MECKI Score Research Group
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2016
Abstract:
Obesity has been found to be protective in heart failure (HF), a finding leading to the concept of an obesity paradox. We hypothesized that a preserved cardiorespiratory fitness in obese HF patients may affect the relationship between survival and body mass index (BMI) and explain the obesity paradox in HF.
CRIS type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Exercise tolerance; Heart failure; MECKI score; Matching analysis; Prognosis
List of contributors:
Piepoli, Massimo F; Corrà, Ugo; Veglia, Fabrizio; Bonomi, Alice; Salvioni, Elisabetta; Cattadori, Gaia; Metra, Marco; Lombardi, Carlo; Sinagra, Gianfranco; Limongelli, Giuseppe; Raimondo, Rosa; Re, Federica; Magrì, Damiano; Belardinelli, Romualdo; Parati, Gianfranco; Minà, Chiara; Scardovi, Angela B; Guazzi, Marco; Cicoira, Mariantonietta; Scrutinio, Domenico; Di Lenarda, Andrea; Bussotti, Maurizio; Frigerio, Maria; Correale, Michele; Villani, Giovanni Quinto; Paolillo, Stefania; Passino, Claudio; Agostoni, Piergiuseppe
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