Obesity, Systemic Hypertension, and Pulmonary Hypertension: A Tale of Three Diseases. [Review]

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Citation: Current Problems in Cardiology. :100599, 2020 May 18PMID: 32560908Institution: MedStar Heart & Vascular InstituteDepartment: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital ResidentsForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal Article | ReviewSubject headings: IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXEDYear: 2020ISSN:
  • 0146-2806
Name of journal: Current problems in cardiologyAbstract: 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.All authors: Bandyopadhyay D, Chopra R, Chowdary AK, Devraj M, Dey AK, Jneid H, Katikineni V, Kolpakchi A, Lavie CJ, Navarengom K, Vedantam KS, Wahab AFiscal year: FY2020Digital Object Identifier: Date added to catalog: 2020-08-26
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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.

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