Early Stages of Obesity-related Heart Failure Are Associated with Natriuretic Peptide Deficiency and an Overall Lack of Neurohormonal Activation: The Copenhagen Heart Failure Risk Study

• Egile Nagusiak: Freja Stoltze Gaborit (Egilea), Caroline Kistorp (Egilea), Thomas Kümler (Egilea), Christian Hassager (Egilea), Niels Tønder (Egilea), Kasper Iversen (Egilea), Pia R. Kamstrup (Egilea), Jens Faber (Egilea), Lars Køber (Egilea), Morten Schou (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Ubiquity Press, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: This study evaluated the associations between the natriuretic peptide activity and the neurohormonal response in non-obese and obese outpatients with and without heart failure (HF). Background: Obesity-related HF may be a distinct subtype of HF. Obesity is associated with lower plasma con...