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CORE 5. MYOCARDIUM: FUNCTION AND FAILURE SESSION TITLE: HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION AND RELATED DISORDERS Abstract 18390: Testing a Dietary Intervention Called %oPro- Heart to Reduce Adiposity and Enhance Cardiac Structure, Functional Status, Lipid Profiles, Glycemic Control, and Quality Of Life in Obese, Diabetic Patients with Advanced Heart Failure Lorraine S Evangelista, Dawn Lombardo, Dan Cooper, Tamara Horwich and Gregg C Fonarow Publlshed: November 20, 2012 Article Info & Metrics eletters ,.. Jumpto Abstract BACKGROUND: To date, no known clinical trials have been done to test the effects of high protein (HP) diets in obese, diabetic patients with heart failure (HF). The goal of this four-year study is to explicate the role of HP diets in delaying the progression of disease in 90 patients with HF, New York Heart Association class II and Ill, body mass index (BMI) ~30 kglm 2 , and diabetes mellitus. We hypothesize that participants randomized to the HP diet co...

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