Obesity cardiomyopathy: pathogenesis and pathophysiology
Chiew Wong and Thomas H Marwick*
Correspondence *University of Queensland Department of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Brisbane, Qld 4102, Australia
Email t.marwick@uq.edu.au
Myocardial changes associated with the obese state are increasingly recognized and, notably, are independent of hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea and coronary artery disease. In the first part of this two-part Review, Chiew Wong and Thomas Marwick examine the range of evidence supporting the existence of cardiomyopathy of obesity, and discuss the possible mechanisms.
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