ea0049ep702 | Obesity | ECE2017
Gangitano Elena
, Costantini Daniela
, Tozzi Rossella
, De Giorgi Francesca
, Poggiogalle Eleonora
, Mariani Stefania
, Petrangeli Elisa
, Donini Lorenzo Maria
, Barbaro G.
, Gnessi Lucio
, Lubrano Carla
Obesity is associated with hemodynamic alterations that may lead to heart failure (HF), through the development of cardiac structural abnormalities and impairment of ventricular function. Obesity-related neurohormonal and metabolic disturbances may predispose to HF, even in the absence of comorbidities. Excess adipose tissue and in particular visceral adiposity contributes to the altered production of a number of anabolic hormones also involved in the regulation of the cardiac...