Influence of Obesity on Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation: Yet Another Obesity Paradox
- 1 July 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 123 (7) , 646-651
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.11.026
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Funding Information
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
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