Cardiac remodeling in obesity

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-152

  Aurigemma, Gerard P ^a   De Simone, Giovanni ^b   Fitzgibbons, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastolic dysfunction; Echocardiography; Left ventricular dysfunction; Left ventricular remodeling; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT VENTRICULAR REMODELING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; OBESITY; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874508765     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.964627     Document Type: Article

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