Obesity
Studies from University of Rochester in the area of obesity published
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 15th, 2010
According to recent research from the United States, "The term obesity cardiomyopathy has previously been used to describe a clinical syndrome in obese patients typically consisting of eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy with preserved ejection fraction and diastolic dysfunction and is often associated with right ventricular dysfunction independent of the presence of the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Although several publications have described the early stages of this syndrome, little is known about the end stages of the disease."
"The authors conducted a retrospective study of a subset of edematous obese patients with multiple common medical comorbidities who...
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