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: c242508f1d9059bc0f2aa9bdd5421ba2 Source Type: research