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Body Mass Index, Prognosis and Mode of Death in Chronic Heart Failure: Results from the Valsartan Heart Failure Trial

Mariantonietta Cicoira, Aldo P. Maggioni, Roberto Latini, Simona Barlera, Elisa Carretta, András Jánosi, Jordi Soler Soler, Inder S. Anand, Jay N. Cohn

European Journal of Heart Failure · 2006 · 84 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

In CHF patients a higher BMI is associated with a better prognosis independently of other clinical variables. The relationship between mortality and BMI is monotonically decreasing.

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Body-Mass Index and Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of U.S. Adults

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A Randomized Trial of the Angiotensin-Receptor Blocker Valsartan in Chronic Heart Failure

Jay N. Cohn, Gianni Tognoni · New England Journal of Medicine · 2001 · 3.1K citations · Full text

Obesity and the Risk of Heart Failure

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