<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vinall, Maria</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Horwich, Tamara</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surviving Heart Failure: The Fatter the Better?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010-04-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21-22</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The 1999 consensus recommendations for heart failure (HF) stated that obese patients should lose weight [Am J Cardiol 1999], and according to data from the Framingham Heart Study, even being overweight poses an increased risk for HF (5% for men and 7% for women for each increment of 1 in body mass index) [Kenchaiah S et al. N Engl J Med 2002]. However, the current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Heart Failure Guidelines [Hunt SA et al. J Am Col Cardiol 2005; Jessup M et al. Circulation 2009] contain no mention of weight loss for HF patients. Why? This article discusses clinical trials why fatter may be better in heart failure.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume></record></records></xml>