Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35 , February 2003

Body mass and survival in patients with chronic heart failure without cachexia: The importance of obesity

Received 10 September 2002 ,Revised 27 November 2002

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☆ Reprint requests: Dr. A. L. Clark, Department of Academic Cardiology, Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Road, Cottingham Hull HU16 5JQ, East Yorkshire, UK.

PII: S1071-9164(02)25404-4

doi: 10.1054/jcaf.2003.4

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35 , February 2003

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