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Cardiac steatosis and left ventricular function in men with metabolic syndrome

BACKGROUND: Ectopic accumulation of fat accompanies visceral obesity with detrimental effects. Lipid oversupply to cardiomyocytes leads to cardiac steatosis, and in animal studies lipotoxicity has been associated with impaired left ventricular (LV) function. In humans, studies have yielded inconclus...

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Autores principales: Nyman, Kristofer, Granér, Marit, Pentikäinen, Markku O, Lundbom, Jesper, Hakkarainen, Antti, Sirén, Reijo, Nieminen, Markku S, Taskinen, Marja-Riitta, Lundbom, Nina, Lauerma, Kirsi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24228979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-15-103