title: Weight loss of 146 kg with diet and reversal of severe congestive heart failure in a young, morbidly obese patient.
abstract: This case report describes a weight loss of 146 kg primarily due to diet in a very obese patient with reversal of severe congestive heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Kantonsspital, Luzerne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuber
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaeslin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Erne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy*; D015431:Weight Loss