Abstract:Obesity is a state of low-grade chronic systemic inflammation that induces a reduction of adiponectin production with inhibition of the vasorelaxant properties of perivascular adipose tissue with underlying widespread endothelial dysfunction. This review concentrates on the main pulmonary and non-pulmonary determinants of gas exchange abnormalities, characterized by mild-to-moderate increased alveolar-arterial O 2 difference, with or without mild hypoxaemia, in non-smoking morbidly obese subjects without assoc… Show more
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