Obese Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Phenotype: From Pariah to Central Player

Affiliations

¹ From Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Section on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (D.W.K.); and National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore (C.S.P.L.). dkitzman@wakehealth.edu.
² From Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Section on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (D.W.K.); and National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore (C.S.P.L.).

Editorial

Dalane W Kitzman et al. Circulation. 2017.

. 2017 Jul 4;136(1):20-23.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028365.

¹ From Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Section on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (D.W.K.); and National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore (C.S.P.L.). dkitzman@wakehealth.edu.
² From Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Section on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC (D.W.K.); and National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore (C.S.P.L.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; adipose; diastolic function; exercise intolerance; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; obesity.

Comment on

Evidence Supporting the Existence of a Distinct Obese Phenotype of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.
Obokata M, Reddy YNV, Pislaru SV, Melenovsky V, Borlaug BA. Obokata M, et al. Circulation. 2017 Jul 4;136(1):6-19. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026807. Epub 2017 Apr 5. Circulation. 2017. PMID: 28381470 Free PMC article.