Cardiac steatosis is associated with excess body weight in otherwise healthy adults

✍ Scribed by Rajarshi Banerjee; Belen Rial; Joseph J Suttie; Pete Cox; Adam J Lewandowski; Andrew Johnson; Oliver Rider; Cameron Holloway; Jane Francis; Matthew D Robson; Jurgen Schneider; Kieran Clarke; Paul Leeson; Stefan Neubauer

• Book ID: 104498639
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 426 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6647
• DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-13-s1-o82

✦ Synopsis

Conclusions

Cardiac lipid content is increased in obese women even in the absence of diabetes and hyperlipidaemia. This may reflect increased lipid deposition within myocytes, and/or altered lipid usage & metabolism.