The prevalence of heart failure is on the rise and imposes a major health threat, in part, due
to the rapidly increased prevalence of overweight and obesity. To this point …

Background Obesity is associated with cardiac dysfunction, atherosclerosis, and increased
cardiovascular risk. It can be lead to obesity cardiomyopathy and severe heart failure, which …

Introduction Obesity is associated with alterations in cardiac structure and haemodynamics
leading to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Culminating evidence suggests …

Introduction: Obesity, defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI) of≥ 30 kg/m2, is the most
common chronic metabolic disease worldwide and its prevalence has been strongly …

We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis of the effects of obesity±overweight
and weight loss on the corrected QT interval (QTc) and QT or QTc dispersion (indices of …

Obesity is known to be a strong predictor of sudden cardiac death. For this reason, concern
exists that this association may be related to delayed ventricular repolarization (VR), which …

Prevalence of heart failure is increasing, especially in the elderly population. Noncardiac
comorbidities complicate heart failure care and are increasingly common in elderly patients …

Since their discovery in 1981, the cardiac natriuretic peptides (cNP) atrial natriuretic peptide
(also referred to as atrial natriuretic factor) and brain natriuretic peptide have been well …

Background—The different effects of total body weight (TBW), fat-free mass (FFM), and fat
mass (FM) on left ventricular (LV) geometry and function are complex. We investigated the …

The aim of this systematic review is to provide an overview of the literature on the effects of
bariatric surgery on obesity-associated electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities and cardiac …