Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic levels in the United States and worldwide,
and this has contributed to substantial cardiovascular and other health risks. However …

Background—Obesity has been associated with increased risk of heart failure, but whether
overweight also increases risk is unclear. It is also unclear whether abdominal adiposity is …

Obesity produces a variety of hemodynamic alterations that may cause changes in cardiac
morphology which predispose to left and right ventricular dysfunction. Various …

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and worldwide. Considering
the adverse effects of obesity on left ventricular (LV) structure, diastolic and systolic function …

Obesity is becoming a global epidemic in both children and adults. It is associated with
numerous comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), type 2 diabetes …

Background Extreme obesity is recognized to be a risk factor for heart failure. It is unclear
whether overweight and lesser degrees of obesity also pose a risk. Methods We …

Obesity, particularly severe obesity is capable of producing hemodynamic alterations that
contribute to changes in cardiac morphology which may predispose to impairment of …

The spectrum of left ventricular geometric adaptation to hypertension was investigated in
165 patients with untreated essential hypertension and 125 age-and gender-matched …

Objective: To assess the prognostic significance of left ventricular mass and geometry in
initially healthy persons with essential hypertension. Design: An observational study of a …

Objectives. This study was designed to determine the most appropriate method to normalize
left ventricular mass for body size. Background. Left ventricular mass has been normalized …