Obesity and Heart Failure
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Cardiologists now recognize that heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) may be caused by obesity. This episode of “Intention to Treat” examines new evidence that treating obesity can prevent HFpEF.   A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2307349.
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