Obesity, particularly severe obesity is capable of producing hemodynamic alterations that
predispose to changes in cardiac morphology and ventricular function. These include …

Obesity has generated much interest within the cardiovascular community within the past 2
decades. 1 It is now recognized that obesity is an important contributor to cardiac and all …

Objectives: This study was designed to determine the effects of obesity on left ventricular
(LV) structure and function in young obese women. Background: Severe prolonged obesity …

Background—With aging, left ventricular filling tends to decrease in early diastole, reducing
the mitral ratio of peak early to late diastolic filling velocity (E/A). However, the prognostic …

BACKGROUND: Obese patients have favorable outcomes in congestive heart failure,
hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, and coronary artery disease. Obesity also has …

Objective: To evaluate whether or not “uncomplicated” obesity (without associated
comorbidities) is really associated with cardiac abnormalities. Research Methods and …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and obesity have been linked to systolic and diastolic
dysfunction of the left ventricle. Right ventricular function is poorly understood in the 2 …

Obese patients frequently complain of dyspnea. Deconditioning and altered left ventricular
(LV) systolic or diastolic function with elevated filling pressures may contribute to dyspnea …

The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) increases with age. Recent population-based data
indicate a trend of increasing incidence and prevalence of AF that is incompletely explained …

Background—It is unclear whether impairment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic characteristics
is independent of systolic dysfunction. Methods and Results—To address this issue, 159 …