cardiomyopathies/비만증

Alström Syndrome is a ciliopathy associated with obesity, insulin resistance/type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiomyopathy, retinal degeneration, hearing loss, progressive liver and kidney disease, and normal cognitive function. ALMS1, the protein defective in this disorder, localizes to the

OBJECTIVE To describe the anesthetic management and clinical course of a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy. We highlight the frequent occurrence of thromboembolic morbidity in this group of parturients, emphasizing the need for early consideration of prophylactic anticoagulation. METHODS A

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between maternal obesity on left ventricular (LV) size and recovery in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). METHODS This was a prospective analysis of 100 women enrolled within 13 weeks of PPCM diagnosis and followed for a year in the Investigation of

A 32-year-old obese female was hospitalized with dyspnea. Echocardiogram revealed left ventricular dilatation. Chest X-ray film showed enlarged heart size and prominent pulmonary congestion. Simple obesity with congestive heart failure (CHF) due to cardiomyopathy of obesity was diagnosed according

BACKGROUND Obesity can lead to increased oxidative stress which is one of the proposed mechanisms in the etiopathogenesis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM). OBJECTIVE The presence of obesity adversely impacts clinical outcomes in TCM patients. METHODS We queried the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

BACKGROUND Obesity is associated with an increased risk of heart failure (HF) but the relationship between changes in cardiac function and the specific pathological features of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with obesity, remains unknown. METHODS Endomyocardial biopsies from the left ventricle (LV)

We report a case of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in a morbidly obese pediatric patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. During routine defibrillator threshold testing of the newly placed subcutaneous implantable

Asymmetric septal hypertrophy with systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve is frequently a phenotypic, but not pathognomonic, expression of genetic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with or without obstruction. It can, however, be associated nonspecifically with other forms of increased left

We have previously reported that epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) has multiple beneficial effects on vascular function; in addition to its antiapoptotic action, it increases insulin sensitivity and inhibits inflammation. To uncover the signaling mechanisms by which EET reduces cardiomyopathy, we

Pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a complicate and chronic process that is secondary to acute cardiac responses to diabetes. One of the acute responses is cardiac cell death that plays a critical role in the initiation and development of DCM. Besides hyperglycemia, inflammatory

Obesity is becoming a worldwide problem of epidemic proportions, and its effect on the heart is increasingly being recognized. Obesity is often associated with an increased risk for heart failure. In this article, the authors review the evidence for obesity-related cardiomyopathy. The importance of

Obesity is a growing worldwide problem and the prevalence of heart failure is also on the rise. Obesity itself is an independent risk factor for the development of heart failure and the case of obesity-related heart failure is thought to be multifactorial. Obesity leads to increased central and

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare, but life-threatening cardiac disorder which complicates pregnancy. However, the classical symptoms of heart failure can be masked - especially in obese women. Here, we present a case report of PPCM complicated with vitamin-D deficiency in a severely obese