The Heart and Lung in Obesity

by Alpert, Martin A.; Alexander, James K.

• ISBN13: 9780879936853
• ISBN10: 0879936851
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This unique book is the first to focus on the cardiovascular effects of obesity. The authors present and integrate relevant literature from such disparate areas as endocrinology/metabolism, surgery, biochemistry, and physiology.Among the topics covered:- The effects of obesity on myocardial metabolism, morphology and function- An in-depth analysis of the evolution of obesity cardiomyopathy- Obesity's interrelationship with sleep disordered breathing- The effects of weight loss on obesity-related cardiopulmonary abnormalities- Obesity and coronary artery diseaseThis last topic has seldom if ever been so comprehensively reviewed. Indeed, the entire text provides the most in-deth critical analysis yet of how obesity affects the heart and lung.Recommended for anyone working in the field of obesity or providing medical care to obese patients.

Author Biography

James K. Alexander, MD: Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Martin A. Alpert, MD: Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Cardiology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile Simon M. Chakko, MD: Chief, Non-invasive Cardiology, Miami VAMC, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Miami, FL M. Eileen Cook, MD: Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Clinical Nephrology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans Steven M. Koenig, MD: Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Sleep Disorders Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville Efrain Reisen, MD: Professor of Medicine, Director, Section of Nephrology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA Dudley F. Rochester, MD: Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Stephen W. Schaffer, PhD: Professor of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, College of Medicine, Mobile Paul M. Suratt, MD: John L. Guerrant Professor of Internal Medicine, Director Sleep Disorders Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Chapter 1. Historical Notes	1	(10)
James K. Alexander, MD
Chapter 2. Effect of Obesity on Myocardial Metabolism, Morphology, and Function in the Obese (fa/fa) Zucker Rat	11	(14)
Stephen W. Schaffer, PhD
Chapter 3. Cardiac Morphology and Obesity in Man	25	(20)
Martin A. Alpert, MD
James K. Alexander, MD
Chapter 4. Hemodynamic Alterations with Obesity in Man	45	(12)
James K. Alexander, MD
Martin A. Alpert, MD
Chapter 5. Obesity and Ventricular Function in Man: Diastolic Function	57	(20)
Simon Chakko, MD
Martin A. Alpert, MD
James K. Alexander, MD
Chapter 6. Obesity and Ventricular Function in Man: Systolic Function	77	(18)
Martin A. Alpert, MD
James K. Alexander, MD
Simon Chakko, MD
Chapter 7. Obesity, Hypertension and the Heart	95	(13)
Efrain Reisin, MD
M. Eileen Cook, MD
Chapter 8. Obesity and Pulmonary Function	108	(25)
Dudley F. Rochester, MD
Chapter 9. Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations of Obesity Cardiomyopathy	133	(14)
James K. Alexander, MD
Martin A. Alpert, MD
Chapter 10. Obesity and Sleep-Disordered Breathing	147	(52)
Steven M. Koeing, MD
Paul M. Suratt, MD
Chapter 11. Treatment of Obesity Cardiomyopathy	199	(14)
Martin A. Alpert, MD
James K. Alexander, MD
Chapter 12. Obesity and Coronary Heart Disease	213	(26)
James K. Alexander, MD
Appendix	239	(6)
Index	245