Gender-specific differences in left ventricular remodelling in obesity: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

AIMS: As obesity-related cardiovascular mortality, although elevated when compared with normal weight, is lower in females than in males at every body mass index (BMI) level, we aimed to investigate gender-specific differences in left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in obesity, which themselves have be...

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Main Authors: Rider, O, Lewandowski, A, Nethononda, R, Petersen, SE, Francis, J, Pitcher, A, Holloway, C, Dass, S, Banerjee, R, Byrne, J, Leeson, P, Neubauer, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013