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Obesity is a major risk factor for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Practitioners should consider obesity as a significant risk factor when assessing heart failure risk.
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Obesity is associated with the development of heart failure and is a major risk factor for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
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Epicardial adipose tissue in obesity-related cardiac dysfunction
Sarah L Ayton et al. · Heart · 2021
DOI 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-318242
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