| Description |
xv, 272 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Obesity -- Complications.
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Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Risk factors.
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Obesity -- complications.
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Cardiovascular Diseases -- etiology.
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| LC no. |
2009022549 |
| ISBN |
9780199549320 (paperback) |
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019954932X (paperback) |
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