TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chopra, Rajus
AU  - Chowdary, Anil K
AU  - Devraj, Mithun
AU  - Navarengom, Keron
AU  - Vedantam, Karthik S
TI  - Obesity, Systemic Hypertension, and Pulmonary Hypertension: A Tale of Three Diseases. [Review]
SN  - 0146-2806
PY  - 2020///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
KW  - MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Residents
KW  - Journal Article
KW  - Review
N2  - Cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially ischemic heart disease and stroke, is the major cause of death worldwide, accounting for more than one-third  of all deaths annually. Hypertension is the most prevalent and modifiable risk factor of CVD-related deaths. The same is true for obesity, which is  currently being recognized as a major global epidemic. The prevalence of obesity in the United States has increased dramatically, from 13.4% in 1960 to  36.5% in 2014, with as much as 70.7% of the American adult population being overweight or obese (CDC). Epidemiological studies have shown that obesity  predisposes to hypertension and CVD - with the relationship between markers of obesity and blood pressure being almost linear across different populations.  In this review, we discuss systemic and pulmonary hypertension in the context of obesity. Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2020.100599
ER  -