Abstract
Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic and impacts cardiovascular health. It is closely associated with hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia which are known precursors of cardiovascular disease and have a significant impact on overall morbidity and mortality. Obesity has been identified as an independent risk factor in the development of dilated cardiomyopathy. This article will review the cardiovascular consequences of obesity and highlight some of the pathophysiologic derangements that have been identified to be associated with obesity.
Keywords: Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease
Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews
Title: Cardiovascular Complications of Obesity
Volume: 4 Issue: 2
Author(s): Gerard Oghlakian and Marc Klapholz
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Keywords: Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease
Abstract: Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic and impacts cardiovascular health. It is closely associated with hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia which are known precursors of cardiovascular disease and have a significant impact on overall morbidity and mortality. Obesity has been identified as an independent risk factor in the development of dilated cardiomyopathy. This article will review the cardiovascular consequences of obesity and highlight some of the pathophysiologic derangements that have been identified to be associated with obesity.
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Oghlakian Gerard and Klapholz Marc, Cardiovascular Complications of Obesity, Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews 2008; 4 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339808784222632
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339808784222632 |
Print ISSN 1573-398X |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6387 |
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