Epicardial Fat in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Bad Actor or Just Lying Around?

Epicardial Fat in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Bad Actor or Just Lying Around? Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is becoming the most common cause of heart failure worldwide, in part, driven by a rising prevalence of obesity.1 Since the first description of obesity-related HFpEF, there has been widespread recognition of this being a unique phenotype with its pathophysiology driven directly by excess adiposity.2 –4 Notably, obesity is th...
Source: Radcliffe Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research