The obesity paradox in the stress echo lab: fat is better for hearts with ischemia or coronary microvascular dysfunction.
Lauro CortigianiMaciej HaberkaQuirino CiampiFrancesco BovenziBruno VillariEugenio PicanoPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2020)
Obesity exerts a "paradoxical" protective effect in patients with stress-induced ischemia and/ or coronary microvascular dysfunction, and shows a neutral effect in patients with normal CFVR and no stress-induced RWMA.
Keyphrases
- stress induced
- insulin resistance
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- coronary artery
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- oxidative stress
- adipose tissue
- magnetic resonance
- aortic stenosis
- skeletal muscle
- physical activity
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- fatty acid
- left ventricular
- diffusion weighted imaging
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- diffusion weighted
- aortic valve
- ejection fraction