PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE AND THEIR BMI: IMPACT ON PROGNOSIS Abstract\sBackground— A higher BMI (weight/height2) puts people's lives in danger, even if they don't have a history of heart disease. Low BMI has been linked to an increased risk of death in people with certain chronic conditions, such as heart failure.
In the Candesartan in Heart Failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity (CHARM) study, we looked at the impact of...