When a patient with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is overweight, losing weight does what medications cannot: makes them feel better and keeps them out of the hospital. “‘You really need to lose weight’ is not something patients want to hear,” says Cleveland Clinic heart failure specialist Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD. “However, losing excess pounds […]
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