… in the obesity paradox, more severe obesity would be … obesity paradox extends to patients
with severe obesity (BMI ≥40 kg/m 2 ) and to further characterize the relation between obesity …

… those whose BMI is ≥50 kg/m 2 .5, 6 For the purpose of this review, the term “severe
obesity” will apply to persons with class III obesity including those with superobesity. Central …

… reported for obese heart failure (HF) patients than nonobese HF patients, but in other
cardiovascular populations, this effect has not been demonstrated for severely obese patients. …

… improvements in quality of diet have the potential to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in
patients with obesity and heart failure, particularly heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. …

… extreme obesity has been associated with heart failure, 9 … of obesity on the risk of heart
failure. Accordingly, we investigated the relation of body-mass index with the risk of heart failure …

… : obesity, heart failure, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, heart failure with preserved
ejection fraction, obesity and heart failure, obesity paradox, obesity paradox in heart failure…

… function in obese patients using LV … severe obesity, LV systolic dysfunction is relatively
uncommon in the absence of coexisting CVD. In severe obesity, however, the presence of severe …

… Obesity is commonly defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m 2 . Obesity is an independent
risk factor for incident heart failure … (severe obesity and long-lasting obesity) may have …

… In this review the term severe obesity will be used to describe persons whose BMI is ≥ 40.0
… This study included nine severely obese patients with heart failure with no apparent cause …

… Obesity is a growing public health problem in the general population, and significantly increases
the risk for the development of new-onset heart failure (… It is possible that severely obese …