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Hypertensive pregnancy disorder, an under‐recognized women specific risk factor for heart failure?

European Journal of Heart Failure

BMI, body mass index; CV, cardiovascular; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HELLP, haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count. Abstract During pregnancy, the maternal cardiovascular (CV) system undergoes major haemodynamic alterations ensuring adequate placental perfusion and a healthy pregnancy course.

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Expert Perspective: The Obesity Paradox with Salvatore Carbone, PhD

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] These individuals tend to have a better prognosis when compared to both individuals with normal weight (BMI of 18.5

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Association between epicardial adipose tissue and cardiac dysfunction in subjects with severe obesity

European Journal of Heart Failure

BMI, body mass index; GLS, global longitudinal strain; LASct, left atrial contractile strain. Abstract Aim Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) plays a role in obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Association between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and cardiac dysfunction in severe obesity.

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