Impact of Severe Obesity and Weight Loss on Systolic Left Ventricular Function and Morphology: Assessment by 2-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of heart failure. Little is known about the impact of dietary changes on the cardiac sequelae in obese patients. Twenty-one obese subjects underwent a 12-week low calorie fasting phase of a formula diet. Transthoracic two-dimensional speckle-tracking echo...

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Autores principales: Karimian, Sevda, Stein, Jürgen, Bauer, Boris, Teupe, Claudius
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4781964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2732613

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4781964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2732613

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