Abstract:The relationship between excess body weight and cardiovascular disease has been well known for years (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Increasing body mass requires increased cardiac debi and vascular volume to supply metabolic demands (3,6,7). This may be partly due to the altered metabolic needs induced by increased body weight (8).Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) may cause diastolic and systolic heart failure; it is also an independent risk factor for cardiac arrhythmia, sudden death, myocardial ischemia, and heart failur… Show more
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