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Sep 2026
Body Composition in Heart Failure: A Phenotype-Informed Framework for Assessment and Management.
Body mass index (BMI) and waist-based anthropometric indices are widely used to estimate adiposity and cardiometabolic risk. Yet in established heart failure (HF), modestly higher BMI is associated with improved survival, while waist-based measures show a linear association with worse outcomes. This apparent discrepanc...
C. C. S. van der Hoef, J. T. ter Maaten, L. Meems et al.
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