Cardiac Obesity and Cardiac Cachexia: Is There a Pathophysiological Link?

• Main Authors: K. Selthofer-Relatić (Author), A. Kibel (Author), D. Delić-Brkljačić (Author), I. Bošnjak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obesity is a risk factor for cardiometabolic and vascular diseases like arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, dyslipidaemia, and atherosclerosis. A special role in obesity-related syndromes is played by cardiac visceral obesity, which includes epicardial adipose tissue and intramyocardial...