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BMC Nutrition

Issue 1/2017

Content (88 Articles)

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Protocol for a Randomized Trial Assessing Consumer Evaluations of Pre-Packaged Foods that Systematically Vary by Nutrition Information and Product Attributes

Zenobia Talati, Simone Pettigrew, Helen Dixon, Bruce Neal, Clare Hughes, Trevor Shilton, Caroline Miller

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Early development of dietary patterns: transitions in the contribution of food groups to total energy—Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study, 2008

Kathleen C. Reidy, Denise M. Deming, Ronette R. Briefel, Mary Kay Fox, Jose M. Saavedra, Alison L. Eldridge

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Higher bioavailability of magnesium citrate as compared to magnesium oxide shown by evaluation of urinary excretion and serum levels after single-dose administration in a randomized cross-over study

Dominik Kappeler, Irene Heimbeck, Christiane Herpich, Natalie Naue, Josef Höfler, Wolfgang Timmer, Bernhard Michalke

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Native whey induces higher and faster leucinemia than other whey protein supplements and milk: a randomized controlled trial

Håvard Hamarsland, John Aleksander Larssen Laahne, Gøran Paulsen, Matthew Cotter, Elisabet Børsheim, Truls Raastad

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Chronic energy deficiency and associated factors among adults living with HIV in Gondar University Referral Hospital northwest Ethiopia

Melkitu Fentie, Molla Mesele Wassie, Adino Tesfahun, Kassahun Alemu, Malede Mequanent, Tadesse Awoke Ayele

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Determinants of dietary diversity among pregnant women in Laikipia County, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Willy Kiboi, Judith Kimiywe, Peter Chege

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More-2-Eat: evaluation protocol of a multi-site implementation of the Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care

Heather Keller, Celia Laur, Renata Valaitis, Jack Bell, Tara McNicholl, Sumantra Ray, Joseph Murphy, Stephanie Barnes

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Malnutrition status and associated factors among HIV-positive patients enrolled in ART clinics in Zimbabwe

Kudakwashe C. Takarinda, Tsitsi Mutasa-Apollo, Bernard Madzima, Brilliant Nkomo, Ancikaria Chigumira, Mirriam Banda, Monica Muti, Anthony D. Harries, Owen Mugurungi

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Low birth weight was the most dominant predictor associated with stunting among children aged 12–23 months in Indonesia

Ni Ketut Aryastami, Anuraj Shankar, Nunik Kusumawardani, Besral Besral, Abas Basuni Jahari, Endang Achadi

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Overweight and obesity and their associated factors among early adolescence school children in urban and rural Portugal

Luísa Maria de Morais Macieira, Jorge Manuel Tavares Lopes de Andrade Saraiva, Lélita da Conceição Santos

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Association of dietary patterns with the fecal microbiota in Korean adolescents

Han Byul Jang, Min-Kyu Choi, Jae Heon Kang, Sang Ick Park, Hye-Ja Lee

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Association of dietary intake and BMI among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients attending diabetic clinics in Kampala

Nicholas Matovu, Flavia K. Matovu, Wenceslaus Sseguya, Florence Tushemerirwe

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Regional, socioeconomic, and dietary factors influencing B-vitamins in human milk of urban Chinese lactating women at different lactation stages

Yong Xue, Karine Meisser Redeuil, Esther Campos Giménez, Gerard Vinyes-Pares, Ai Zhao, Tingchao He, Xiaoguang Yang, Yingdong Zheng, Yumei Zhang, Peiyu Wang, Sagar K. Thakkar

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The role of a pulse-based diet on infertility measures and metabolic syndrome risk: protocol of a randomized clinical trial in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Laura E. McBreairty, Philip D. Chilibeck, Donna R. Chizen, Roger A. Pierson, Lindsay Tumback, Lauren B. Sherar, Gordon A. Zello

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Undernutrition: who cares? Perspectives of dietitians and older adults on undernutrition

Janne Beelen, Emmelyne Vasse, Canan Ziylan, Nancy Janssen, Nicole M. de Roos, Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot

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Hypolipidemic effect and activation of Lecithin Cholesterol Acyl Transferase (LCAT) by aqueous extract of Spirulina platensis during toxicological investigation

Vicky Jocelyne Ama Moor, Prosper Cabral Nya Biapa, Borgia Legrand Nono Njinkio, Bruno Moukette Moukette, Zacharie Sando, Cyril Kenfack, Baruch Ateba, Marthe Elise Ngo Matip, Constant Anatole Pieme, Jeanne Ngogang

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Cost of the Diet: a method and software to calculate the lowest cost of meeting recommended intakes of energy and nutrients from local foods

Amy Deptford, Tommy Allieri, Rachel Childs, Claudia Damu, Elaine Ferguson, Jennie Hilton, Paul Parham, Abigail Perry, Alex Rees, James Seddon, Andrew Hall

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The lancet series nutritional interventions in Ghana: a determinants analysis approach to inform nutrition strategic planning

A.E. Yawson, E.O. Amoaful, L.K. Senaya, A.O. Yawson, P.K. Aboagye, A.B. Mahama, L. Selenje, V. Ngongalah

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Yogurt consumption is associated with a better lifestyle in Brazilian population

Gabriela Possa, José Eduardo Corrente, Mauro Fisberg

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The effect of maternal and child factors on stunting, wasting and underweight among preschool children in Northern Ghana

Zakari Ali, Mahama Saaka, Abdul-Ganiyu Adams, Stephen K. Kamwininaang, Abdul-Razak Abizari

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Short term elevation in dietary protein intake does not worsen insulin resistance or lipids in older adults with metabolic syndrome: a randomized-controlled trial

Il-Young Kim, Scott E. Schutzler, Gohar Azhar, Robert R. Wolfe, Arny A. Ferrando, Robert H. Coker

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Validation of a newly automated web-based 24-hour dietary recall using fully controlled feeding studies

Jacynthe Lafrenière, Benoît Lamarche, Catherine Laramée, Julie Robitaille, Simone Lemieux

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A valid and reliable nutrition knowledge questionnaire for track and field athletes

Matthew James Walter Furber, Justin Dene Roberts, Michael George Roberts

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Supplementation of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), vitamin D3 and uridine in combination with six weeks of cognitive and motor training in prepubescent children: a pilot study

Solvejg L. Hansen, Anina Ritterband-Rosenbaum, Camilla B. Voigt, Lars I. Hellgren, Ann-Dorit M. Sørensen, Charlotte Jacobsen, Line Z. Greve, Katrine D. Jørgensen, Peder E. Bilde, Bente Kiens, Jens B. Nielsen

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Changes in diet quality during a 12 month weight loss randomised controlled trial

Cinthya Wibisono, Yasmine Probst, Elizabeth Neale, Linda Tapsell

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Feeding practices and growth among young children during two seasons in rural Ethiopia

Mekitie Wondafrash, Lieven Huybregts, Carl Lachat, Kimberley P. Bouckaert, Patrick Kolsteren

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Foods tabooed for pregnant women in Abala district of Afar region, Ethiopia: an inductive qualitative study

Znabu Hadush, Zewdie Birhanu, Mulugeta Chaka, Haylay Gebreyesus

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The Pune Rural Intervention in Young Adolescents (PRIYA) study: design and methods of a randomised controlled trial

Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Pallavi Yajnik, Himangi Lubree, Charudatta Joglekar, Dattatray Bhat, Prachi Katre, Suyog Joshi, Rasika Ladkat, Caroline Fall, Chittaranjan Yajnik

Open Access Technical advance

Development of a food atlas for Sri Lankan adults

Ranil Jayawardena, Manoja P. Herath

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Glycemic index, glycemic load, and metabolic syndrome in Mexican adolescents: a cross-sectional study from the NHNS-2012

Itandehui Castro-Quezada, Salomón Angulo-Estrada, Almudena Sánchez-Villegas, María Dolores Ruiz-López, Reyes Artacho, Lluís Serra-Majem, Teresa Shamah-Levy

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The effects of 100% wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) juice consumption on cardiometablic biomarkers: a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial in adults with increased risk for type 2 diabetes

K. S. Stote, M. I. Sweeney, T. Kean, D. J. Baer, J. A. Novotny, N. L. Shakerley, A. Chandrasekaran, P. M. Carrico, J. A. Melendez, K. T. Gottschall-Pass

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Factors associated with underweight among lactating women in Womberma woreda, Northwest Ethiopia; a cross-sectional study

Sileshi Berihun, Getachew Mullu Kassa, Muluken Teshome

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Socio-economic and spatial correlates of subclinical iodine deficiency among pregnant women age 15–49 years in Tanzania

Abdalla H. Mtumwa, Julius Edward Ntwenya, Edwin Paul, Megan Huang, Said Vuai

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Folate, vitamin B12, ferritin and haemoglobin levels among women of childbearing age from a rural district in South India

Samiksha Singh, Jaga Jeevan Babu Geddam, G. Bhanuprakash Reddy, Dinesh Raj Pallepogula, Hira Ballabh Pant, Sutapa B. Neogi, Neena John, Sunanda Reddy Kolli, Pat Doyle, Sanjay Kinra, Andy Ness, Gudlavalleti Venkata Satyanarayana Murthy

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Statistical heartburn: an attempt to digest four pizza publications from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab

Tim van der Zee, Jordan Anaya, Nicholas J. L. Brown

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A cross sectional analysis of eating habits and weight status of university students in urban Cameroon

Loveline L. Niba, Mary B. Atanga, Lifoter K. Navti

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A systematic review of complementary feeding practices in South Asian infants and young children: the Bangladesh perspective

Logan Manikam, Alexandra Robinson, Jia Ying Kuah, Hrisheekesh J. Vaidya, Emma C. Alexander, George W. Miller, Kunjshri K. Singh, Victoria Dawe, Sonia Ahmed, Raghu Lingam, Monica Lakhanpaul

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Assessment of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and weight change: a prospective cohort study

Patrick Mullie, Philippe Autier, Mathieu Boniol, Peter Boyle, Benedicte Deforche, Evelien Mertens, Ruben Charlier, Sara Knaeps, Johan Lefevre, Peter Clarys

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High magnitude of under nutrition among HIV infected adults who have not started ART in Tanzania--a call to include nutrition care and treatment in the test and treat model

Bruno F. Sunguya, Nzovu K. Ulenga, Hellen Siril, Sarah Puryear, Eric Aris, Expeditho Mtisi, Edith Tarimo, David P. Urassa, Wafaie Fawzi, Ferdnand Mugusi

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National pattern of grain products consumption among Canadians in association with body weight status

Hassan Vatanparast, Susan Whiting, Alomgir Hossain, Naghmeh Mirhosseini, Anwar T. Merchant, Michael Szafron

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Need for the Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care (INPAC): gaps in current nutrition care in five Canadian hospitals

Renata Valaitis, Celia Laur, Heather Keller, Donna Butterworth, Brenda Hotson

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Nutritional status of cancer outpatients using scored patient generated subjective global assessment in two cancer treatment centers, Nairobi, Kenya

Yvonne Opanga, Lydia Kaduka, Zipporah Bukania, Richard Mutisya, Ann Korir, Veronica Thuita, Moses Mwangi, Erastus Muniu, Charles Mbakaya

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Assessment of iodine importance and needs for supplementation in school-aged children in Portugal

Ana M. Pires, Sandra Félix, Ana C. C. Sousa

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Predictors of anemia in pregnant women residing in rural areas of the Oromiya region of Ethiopia

Krista Zillmer, Ashish Pokharel, Kathryn Spielman, Meghan Kershaw, Kidane Ayele, Yitbarek Kidane, Tefera Belachew, Robert F. Houser, Eileen Kennedy, Jeffrey K Griffiths, Shibani Ghosh

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Effect of lysine supplementation on hypertensive men and women in selected peri-urban community in Ghana

Frederick Vuvor, Husein Mohammed, Thomas Ndanu, Obed Harrison

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Dietary patterns and cardio-metabolic risk in a population of Guatemalan young adults

Nicole D. Ford, Lindsay M. Jaacks, Reynaldo Martorell, Neil K. Mehta, Cria G. Perrine, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, Aryeh D. Stein

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Linkages between health and agriculture sectors in Ethiopia: a formative research study exploring barriers, facilitators and opportunities for local level coordination to deliver nutritional programmes and services

Girmay Ayana, Tesfaye Hailu, Desalegn Kuche, Andinet Abera, Solomon Eshetu, Alemnesh Petros, Aweke Kebede, Masresha Tessema, Cami M. Allen, Mihretab M. Salasibew, Alan D. Dangour

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Vitamin C and E supplementation does not affect heat shock proteins or endogenous antioxidants in trained skeletal muscles during 12 weeks of strength training

K. T. Cumming, T. Raastad, A. Sørstrøm, M. P. Paronetto, N. Mercatelli, I. Ugelstad, D. Caporossi, G. Paulsen

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Engaging experts and patients to refine the nutrition literacy assessment instrument

Heather D. Gibbs, Susan Harvey, Sarah Owens, Diane Boyle, Debra K. Sullivan

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Use of commercial infant cereals as complementary food in infants and young children in Ghana

Abdul-Razak Abizari, Zakari Ali, Collins Nana Essah, Patience Agyeiwaa, Margaret Amaniampong

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Assessing nutrition and other claims on food labels: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian food supply

Beatriz Franco-Arellano, Jodi T. Bernstein, Sheida Norsen, Alyssa Schermel, Mary R. L’Abbé

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Comprehensive assessment of food and nutrient intake of children and adolescents in Germany: EsKiMo II – the eating study as a KiGGS module

C. Lage Barbosa, A.-K. Brettschneider, M. Haftenberger, F. Lehmann, M. Frank, K. Heide, E. Patelakis, H. Perlitz, L. Krause, R. Houben, H.G. Butschalowsky, A. Richter, P. Kamtsiuris, G.B.M. Mensink

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Mistaken perception of lipid intake and its effects: a randomized trial

Mariana Carvalho de Menezes, Sueli Aparecida Mingoti, Raquel de Deus Mendonça, Aline Cristine Souza Lopes

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An innovative team-based weightloss competition to reduce cardiovascular and diabetes risk among Māori and Pacific people: rationale and method for the study and its evaluation

Marewa Glover, Anette Kira, Geoff Kira, Hayden McRobbie, Bernhard H. Breier, Rozanne Kruger, Jane Stephen, Mafi Funaki-Tahifote

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Design and implementation of a cross-sectional nutritional phenotyping study in healthy US adults

Lacey M. Baldiviez, Nancy L. Keim, Kevin D. Laugero, Daniel H. Hwang, Liping Huang, Leslie R. Woodhouse, Dustin J. Burnett, Melissa S. Zerofsky, Ellen L. Bonnel, Lindsay H. Allen, John W. Newman, Charles B. Stephensen

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Nutritional quality of regular and pureed menus in Canadian long term care homes: an analysis of the Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3) project

Vanessa Vucea, Heather H. Keller, Jill M. Morrison, Alison M. Duncan, Lisa M. Duizer, Natalie Carrier, Christina O. Lengyel, Susan E. Slaughter

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Protocol for the EMPHASIS study; epigenetic mechanisms linking maternal pre-conceptional nutrition and children’s health in India and Sub-Saharan Africa

Giriraj R. Chandak, Matt J. Silver, Ayden Saffari, Karen A. Lillycrop, Smeeta Shrestha, Sirazul Ameen Sahariah, Chiara Di Gravio, Gail Goldberg, Ashutosh Singh Tomar, Modupeh Betts, Sara Sajjadi, Lena Acolatse, Philip James, Prachand Issarapu, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Ramesh D. Potdar, Andrew M. Prentice, Caroline H. D. Fall, Lena Acolatse, Meraj Ahmed, Modupeh Betts, Giriraj R. Chandak, Harsha Chopra, Cyrus Cooper, Momodou K. Darboe, Chiara Di Gravio, Caroline H. D. Fall, Meera Gandhi, Gail R. Goldberg, Prachand Issarapu, Philip James, Ramatoulie Janha, Landing M. A. Jarjou, Lovejeet Kaur, Sarah H. Kehoe, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Karen A. Lillycrop, Mohammed Ngum, Suraj S. Nongmaithem, Stephen Owens, Ramesh D. Potdar, Andrew M. Prentice, Ann Prentice, Tallapragada Divya Sri Priyanka, Ayden Saffari, Sirazul Ameen Sahariah, Sara Sajjadi, Harshad Sane, Smeeta Shrestha, Matt J. Silver, Ashutosh Singh Tomar, Kate A. Ward, Dilip Kumar Yadav, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik

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Breastfeeding and complementary feeding associated with body composition in 18–19 years old adolescents in the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort

Silvana Paiva Orlandi, David A. González-Chica, Romina Buffarini, Maria Cristina Gonzalez, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Fernando C. Barros, Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção

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Prevalence and determinants of stunting in a conflict-ridden border region in Armenia - a cross-sectional study

Arin A. Balalian, Hambardzum Simonyan, Kim Hekimian, Richard J. Deckelbaum, Aelita Sargsyan

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Skipping breakfast among 8-9 year old children is associated with teacher-reported but not objectively measured academic performance two years later

Kylie J. Smith, Leigh Blizzard, Sarah A. McNaughton, Seana L. Gall, Monique C. Breslin, Melissa Wake, Alison J. Venn

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Familial aggregation and socio-demographic correlates of taste preferences in European children

Hannah S. Jilani, Timm Intemann, Leonie H. Bogl, Gabriele Eiben, Dénes Molnar, Luis A. Moreno, Valeria Pala, Paola Russo, Alfonso Siani, Antonia Solea, Toomas Veidebaum, Wolfgang Ahrens, Antje Hebestreit

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.