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Maria E Otto1, Marek Belohlavek, Bijoy Khandheria
1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|June 15, 2004
Abstract:
We studied systolic and diastolic function of the left and right ventricles in obese male subjects. Obese subjects had increased left ventricular mass and normal left ventricular systolic and diastolic function. They also had impaired right ventricular relaxation and right ventricular filling.
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