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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Main Authors: Sevda Karimian (Author), Jürgen Stein (Author), Boris Bauer (Author), Claudius Teupe (Author)
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Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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