Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 867-872 , November 2010

Comparison of Direct Body Composition Assessment Methods in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

  • Antigone Oreopoulos, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology, Harbor-UCLA and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, CA
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  • Finlay A. McAlister, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Mazankowski Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Justin A. Ezekowitz, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Mazankowski Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Jeffery A. Johnson, BSP, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Colleen M. Norris, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Raj S. Padwal, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Raj Padwal, 2F1.26 WMC, University of Alberta, 8440-112th Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada. Tel: 780-407-1495; Fax: 780-407-3132.

Received 8 April 2010 ,Accepted 24 June 2010.

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 Funded by the University of Alberta Hospital Foundation. A.O. is supported by a Doctoral Research Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. J.A.J. holds a Canada Research Chair, and J.A.E. and C.N. hold New Investigator awards, all from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. J.A.E., F.A.M., C.N., and J.A.J. are supported by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. F.A.M. is also supported by the Patient Health Management Chair at the University of Alberta. K.Z. is supported by research grants from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease of the National Institute of Health, an American Heart Association grant in aid and a philanthropic grant from Harold Simmons. G.F. is supported by the Ahmanson Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) and holds the Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science.

 See page 872 for disclosure information.

PII: S1071-9164(10)00714-1

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.06.416

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 867-872 , November 2010

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