Myocardial tissue phase mapping reveals impaired myocardial tissue velocities in obesity

Although obesity is linked to heart failure on a population level, not all obese subjects develop cardiac failure. As a result, identifying obese subjects with subclinical changes in myocardial velocities may enable earlier detection of those susceptible to developing overt heart failure. As echocar...

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Autori principali: Rider, O, Ajufo, E, Ali, M, Petersen, SE, Nethononda, R, Francis, J, Neubauer, S
Natura: Journal article
Pubblicazione: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014