Population
Human volunteers (obese/overweight) and historical references to rodents and patients with congestive failure
Design
Review
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Discussion
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Implication
Hypothesis-generating for myocardial steatosis in obesity-related diastolic dysfunction; prospective validation needed before clinical adoption.
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Population
Human volunteers (obese/overweight) and historical references to rodents and patients with congestive failure
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Intervention
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy for noninvasive screening of fatty heart
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Outcome
Cardiomyocyte fat levels and correlation with body mass index and diastolic fillingsurrogate
The review highlights the re-emergence of 'fatty heart' as a clinical entity, detectable by magnetic resonance spectroscopy, which correlates with obesity and impaired diastolic function.
Cite This Study
Szczepaniak et al. (2007) studied this question.