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Cardiomyopathy with Mitochondrial Damage Associated with Nucleoside Reverse-Transcriptase Inhibitors
5 Dec 2002
Abstract excerpt
The report by Kenchaiah et al. (Aug. 1 issue) 1 and the accompanying editorial by Massie 2 show the important association between any increased body-mass index and the risk of heart failure. However, several reports have now indicated that abdominal fat may be at least as important as body-mass index in determining cardiac risk. Lakka et al. 3 found that the waist-to-hip ratio provided additional information...
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