Obesity and Cardiac Metabolism in Women**Editorials published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging or the American College of Cardiology.

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 434-435

  Taegtmeyer, Heinrich ^a   Algahim, Mohamed F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac efficiency; gender; myocardial metabolism; obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOMEGALY; EDITORIAL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART WORK; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; ISCHEMIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 47349118345     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

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