Obesity and cardiovascular disease /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Iacobellis, Gianluca
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Obesity > Complications. Cardiovascular system > Diseases > Risk factors. Obesity > complications. Cardiovascular Diseases > etiology.

Table of 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.