Myocardial changes in patients with chronic heart failure and obesity

Abstract

Purpose: we investigated the relation of body-mass index with the risk of heart failure in a community-based sample and devoted to increasing of patients with chronic heart failure and obesity based on insulin-like growth factor-1, brain natriuretic peptide role on myocardial remodeling. Results. Individuals, who suffer from chronic heart failure and abdominal obesity, with lower brain natriuretic peptide and higher insulin-like growth factor-1, index HOMA levels had concentric remodeling of myocardium. Even if you're entirely healthy otherwise, being obese (or merely overweight) still places you at risk of developing heart failure.