Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled:
General links between obesity and cardiovascular disease
Impact of obesity on the heart
Obesity and hypertension
Obesity and congestive heart failure
Obesity and coronary artery disease
Obesity and arrhythmias
Cardiac‐associated adipose tissue
Peripheral vascular disease
Cardiovascular disease in ‘metabolically healthy obesity’
Investigation of cardiovascular disease in obesity
Management of cardiovascular disease in obese subjects
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