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Clinical Features - Letter to the Editor

An opposing point of view on the obesity paradox

Salvatore CarboneVCU Pauley Heart Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USAView further author information
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Carl J. LavieJohn Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School - The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 333-334 | Received 08 Apr 2019, Accepted 24 Apr 2019, Published online: 06 May 2019

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