Obesity is recognized as a heterogeneous condition in which individuals with similar body
mass index may have distinct metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles. Susceptibility to …

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 …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer and the second leading
cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Incidence rates of liver cancer vary widely between …

Diabetes mellitus-related cardiomyopathy (DMCMP) was originally described as a dilated
phenotype with eccentric left ventricular (LV) remodelling and systolic LV dysfunction …

The cardiovascular disease continuum begins with risk factors such as diabetes mellitus
(DM), progresses to vasculopathy and myocardial dysfunction, and finally ends with …

In the USA, 69% of adults are either overweight or obese and 35% are obese. Obesity is
associated with an increased incidence of various cardiovascular disorders. Obesity is a risk …

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

Cardiac hypertrophy can be defined as an increase in heart mass. Pathological cardiac
hypertrophy (heart growth that occurs in settings of disease, eg hypertension) is a key risk …

Obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death. Adipose tissue
releases a large number of bioactive mediators that influence not only body weight …

Chronic inflammatory state in obesity causes dysregulation of the endocrine and paracrine
actions of adipocyte-derived factors, which disrupt vascular homeostasis and contribute to …