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The number of individuals who are obese or overweight has dramatically increased over recent years and is now becoming epidemic. These individuals are more likely to suffer cardiovascular diseases and therefore physicians, specialists and trainees increasingly need to deal with these issues on the w...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Iacobellis, Gianluca
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Obesity > Complications.
Cardiovascular system > Diseases > Risk factors.
Cardiovascular Diseases > etiology
Obésité > Complications et séquelles.
Appareil cardiovasculaire > Maladies > Facteurs de risque.
MEDICAL > Endocrinology & Metabolism.
MEDICAL > Nutrition.
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Kardiovaskuläre Krankheit
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : redefinition of the relationship between obesity and the cardiovascular system
  • Definition, classification, phenotypes, and epidemiology of obesity
  • Metabolically healthy obesity
  • Adipose tissue and the heart
  • Markers of adiposity
  • Echocardiography in obesity
  • Obesity and atherosclerosis
  • Obesity and hypertension
  • Electrocardiography and arrhythmias in obesity
  • Obesity and heart failure
  • Obesity and peripheral venous diseases
  • Obesity and sleep apnea
  • Weight-loss strategies
  • Recent trials in obesity.

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