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Review Article| Volume 16, ISSUE 1, P71-80, January 2020

The Impact of Obesity in Heart Failure

  • Salvatore Carbone
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author.
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    Department of Kinesiology & Health Sciences, College of Humanities & Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1020 W Grace St, 500 Academic Centre, Room 113c, Richmond, VA 23220, USA

    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, VCU Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1200 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219, USA
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  • Carl J. Lavie
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    John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121-2483, USA
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  • Andrew Elagizi
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    John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121-2483, USA
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  • Ross Arena
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    Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

    TotalCardiology Research Network, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • Hector O. Ventura
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    Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplantation, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, University of Queensland School of Medicine, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121-2483, USA
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