Impact of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on the Obesity Paradox in Patients With Heart Failure

Dr. Carl (Chip) Lavie, Professor of Medicine in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School and the University of Queensland School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, discusses his article appearing in the March 2013 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, which shows a comparable outcome between patients with Heart Failure as was seen in previous studies of patients with coronary heart disease in regard to the Obesity Paradox and Cardiorespiratory Fitness. Available at: http://tinyurl.com/av93fof