Gender-specific differences in left ventricular remodelling in obesity: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging | Zendy

Oliver J. Rider | Zendy; Adam J. Lewandowski | Zendy; Richard Nethoda | Zendy; Steffen E. Petersen | Zendy; Jane M Francis | Zendy; Alex Pitcher | Zendy; Cameron Holloway | Zendy; Sairia Dass | Zendy; Rajarshi Banerjee | Zendy; James Byrne | Zendy; Paul Leeson | Zendy; Stefan Neubauer | Zendy

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Gender-specific differences in left ventricular remodelling in obesity: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Author(s) -

Oliver J. Rider,

Adam J. Lewandowski,

Richard Nethoda,

Steffen E. Petersen,

Jane M Francis,

Alex Pitcher,

Cameron Holloway,

Sairia Dass,

Rajarshi Banerjee,

James Byrne,

Paul Leeson,

Stefan Neubauer

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs341

Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , magnetic resonance imaging , left ventricular hypertrophy , cardiology , body mass index , muscle hypertrophy , radiology , blood pressure

As obesity-related cardiovascular mortality, although elevated when compared with normal weight, is lower in females than in males at every body mass index (BMI) level, we aimed to investigate gender-specific differences in left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in obesity, which themselves have been shown to have varying prognostic value.

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