Ventricular arrhythmias are an important cause of morbidity and mortality and come in a
variety of forms, from single premature ventricular complexes to sustained ventricular …

Low-grade inflammation is a characteristic of the obese state, and adipose tissue releases
many inflammatory mediators. The source of these mediators within adipose tissue is not …

To monitor inflammation in a meaningful way, the markers used must be valid: they must
reflect the inflammatory process under study and they must be predictive of future health …

Aging can be seen as process characterized by accumulation of oxidative stress induced
damage. Oxidative stress derives from different endogenous and exogenous processes, all …

Epicardial fat plays a role in cardiovascular diseases. Because of its anatomic and functional
proximity to the myocardium and its intense metabolic activity, some interactions between …

Aging is associated with progressive changes in total and regional fat distribution that have
negative health consequences. Indeed, a preferential increase in abdominal fat, in particular …

Obesity (especially visceral adiposity) can be associated with 3 different phenotypes of heart
failure: heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction, heart failure with a preserved ejection …

The current epidemic of obesity with the associated increasing incidence of insulin
resistance, diabetes mellitus and atherosclerosis affecting a large proportion of the North …

Epicardial fat (EF) is a visceral fat deposit, located between the heart and the pericardium,
which shares many of the pathophysiological properties of other visceral fat deposits, It also …

Obesity epidemic reached the dimensions of a real global health crisis with more than one
billion people worldwide living with obesity. Multiple obesity-related mechanisms cause …