Cardiac Obesity and Cardiac Cachexia: Is There a Pathophysiological Link?

Obesity is a risk factor for cardiometabolic and vascular diseases like arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, dyslipidaemia, and atherosclerosis. A special role in obesity-related syndromes is played by cardiac visceral obesity, which includes epicardial adipose tissue and intramyocardial...

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Main Authors: K. Selthofer-Relatić, A. Kibel, D. Delić-Brkljačić, I. Bošnjak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9854085