JCF Ignite: Obesity and Heart Failure: A New Era Begins

Over half of patients with heart failure (HF) have a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF), and roughly two-thirds of those individuals are living with obesity.1 Initially considered to be a bystander, it is now clear that obesity plays a pivotal causal role in HFpEF. The amount of excess body fat, particularly visceral fat, is associated with the degree of systemic inflammation, cardiac dysfunction, chamber remodeling, volume overload, blood volume redistribution, and elevation in cardiac filling pressures.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: JCF Ignite! Source Type: research