Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 880-887, November 2010

Both High and Low Body Mass Indexes are Prognostic Risks in Japanese Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Implications From the CHART Study

  • Kotaro Nochioka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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  • Nobuyuki Shiba, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    • Department of Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nobuyuki Shiba, MD, PhD, Department of Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aobaku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan. Tel: +81-22-717-7153; Fax: +81-22-717-7156.
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  • Haruka Kohno, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    • ,
  • Masanobu Miura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroaki Shimokawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    • Department of Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Received 28 September 2009; received in revised form 11 June 2010; accepted 16 June 2010. published online 20 July 2010.

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PII: S1071-9164(10)00711-6

doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.06.413

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 880-887, November 2010

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