Pulmonary and cardiovascular complications of obesity: An autopsy study of 76 obese subjects

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1397-1404

  Haque, Abida K ^a   Gadre, Swarupa ^b   Taylor, Jerrod ^c   Haque, Sajid A ^e   Freeman, Daniel ^d   Duarte, Alex ^c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ALVEOLAR DAMAGE; ARTERIOLE MUSCULARIZATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY; IRON ENCRUSTATION; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMOSIDEROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOCARDITIS; OBESITY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; THROMBUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 51349132720     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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