Obesity and cardiovascular disease
By: Gianluca Iacobellis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780199549320
Subjects: Obesity -- Complications; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Risk factors; Obesity -- complications; Cardiovascular Diseases -- etiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : redefinition of the relationship between obesity and the cardiovascular system; title: Definition, classification, phenotypes, and epidemiology of obesity; title: Metabolically healthy obesity; title: Adipose tissue and the heart; title: Markers of adiposity; title: Echocardiography in obesity; title: Obesity and atherosclerosis; title: Obesity and hypertension; title: Electrocardiography and arrhythmias in obesity; title: Obesity and heart failure; title: Obesity and peripheral venous diseases; title: Obesity and sleep apnea; title: Weight-loss strategies; title: Recent trials in obesity.