Chest
Volume 134, Issue 5, November 2008, Pages 896-898
EditorialsThe “Obesity Paradox”: Is Smoking/Lung Disease the Explanation?
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Dr. Lavie is Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention, Director, Exercise Laboratories, Ochsner Medical Center.
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Dr. Ventura is Chairman of Graduate Medical Education, and Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Ochsner Medical Center.
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Dr. Milani is Vice Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ochsner Medical Center.
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