Obesity
Data from M. Maniscalco et al provide new insights into obesity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 27th, 2007
Scientists discuss in "Right ventricular performance in severe obesity. Effect of weight loss" new findings in obesity. According to recent research from Naples, Italy, "The effects of severe obesity on right ventricular function in the absence of associated cardiopulmonary disease are not well known. Right myocardial performance index (R-MPI) is an echocardiographic index to non-invasively assess the right ventricular function."
"The aim of our study was to assess R-MPI in individuals with severe but uncomplicated obesity before and after a significant weight loss induced by bariatric surgery. Fifteen obese females (OB) without cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases...
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