Heart failure is associated with generalized insulin resistance. Moreover, insulin-resistant
states such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity increases the risk of heart failure even …

Overweight and obesity are key risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Obesity is
currently presented as a pro-inflammatory state with an expansion in the outflow of …

Aims Recent studies have reported a relationship between the abundance of epicardial
adipose tissue (EAT) and the risk of cardiovascular diseases including atrial fibrillation (AF) …

Obesity and diabetes are strongly associated with metabolic and cardiovascular disorders
including dyslipidemia, coronary artery disease, hypertension, and heart failure. Adipose …

Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) type 1 is characterized as the development of acute kidney
injury (AKI) and dysfunction in the patient with acute cardiac illness, most commonly acute …

Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT), long assumed to be nothing more than vessel-
supporting connective tissue, is now understood to be an important, active component of the …

The discovery of adipokines has revealed adipose tissue as a central node in the interorgan
crosstalk network, which mediates the regulation of multiple organs and tissues. Adipose …

Adipose tissue is a major endocrine organ, releasing signaling and mediator proteins,
termed adipokines, via which adipose tissue communicates with other organs. Expansion of …

Obesity is a metabolic disorder of increasing prevalence worldwide and a risk factor for the
development of insulin resistance (IR), metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Obesity is …

Adipose tissue can be considered as a huge gland producing paracrine and endocrine
hormones, the adipo (cyto) kines. There is growing evidence that these adipo (cyto) kines …