The global obesity epidemic is well established, with increases in obesity prevalence for
most countries since the 1980s. Obesity contributes directly to incident cardiovascular risk …

Obesity increases a number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, but patients with
many types of CVD may have a better prognosis if classified as overweight or obese, a …

The prevalence of obesity has reached pandemic proportions worldwide and certainly in the
United States. Obesity is a well-established independent risk factor for development of many …

Elevated levels of diastolic BP and especially systolic BP (SBP) are major risk factors for the
development of HF. 18, 19 One of the most impactful observations from the Framingham …

Obesity continues to be a public health problem in the general population, and also
significantly increases the risk for the development of new-onset heart failure (HF). However …

The pro-inflammatory state of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is supposed to accelerate
cardiovascular (CV) and metabolic diseases in obese subjects. Some studies have recently …

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in most of the Westernized world.
Overweightness and obesity adversely impact cardiac structure and function, including on …

Purpose To quantify the impact of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, and
on cardiac structure and function. Data sources Three major databases (PubMed, Medline …

Obesity is a risk factor for heart failure (HF) in both men and women. The mortality risk of
overweight and class I and II obese adults with HF is lower than that of normal weight or …

Objectives: Our goal was to determine the impact of lean mass index (LMI) and body fat (BF)
on survival in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Background: An inverse …