Visceral adiposity index and prognosis among patients with ischemic heart failure

ABSTRACT: CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES: The obesity paradox has already been established in relation to heart failure, but it is not known which obesity indicator best reflects this phenomenon. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between obesity indexes and mortality among patients wit...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Vogel, Airton Stein, Aline Marcadenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802016000300211&lng=en&tlng=en