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Aug 2023
38m 43s

Obesity and Heart Failure

NEJM Group
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Cardiologists now recognize that heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) may be caused by obesity. This episode of “Intention to Treat” examines new evidence that treating obesity can prevent HFpEF.   A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2307349. 
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