Obese cardiomyopathy

Obese cardiomyopathy, also known as obese heart syndrome, refers to the pathophysiological changes in the heart of obese patients in addition to hypertension, coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease and other causes of heart disease. Smith equals to first discover that obese patients may be associated with cardiac insufficiency in 1933. Since then, it has been confirmed by autopsy.

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