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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:546-547. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.012
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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

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Nicholas C. Cavarocchi, MD

Cardiac Transplantation, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Heart & Vascular Institute, 500 University Dr H165, PO Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033-0850

(Email: ncavarocchi@hmc.psu.edu).

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Major public health consequences have evolved from the obesity epidemic in the United States and worldwide. It has been estimated that approximately 30% of the adult population in the United States is classified as obese, defined as a body mass index (BMI) > 30 kg/m2. Obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is related to a constellation of comorbidities, such as hypertension (HTN), dyslipidemia, type II diabetes mellitus (DM), inflammation, thrombosis, renal dysfunction, and the insulin resistant syndrome [1–4]. Statistically, there is a significant increase of younger obese men and women who die from CVD when compared with people who have a normal BMI. In fact, for every 1 . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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