Key result
Extreme obesity can lead to cor pulmonale by restricting respiratory excursions of the chest over a long period.
Highlights extreme obesity as a potential cause of cor pulmonale.
Hypothesis-generating for extreme obesity as cor pulmonale cause; prospective studies needed before clinical adoption.
Diseases that restrict the respiratory excursions of the chest for a long period may lead to cor pulmonale but obesity is not usually recognized among them. The following report is of a case of cor pulmonale from extreme obesity.
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T. B. Counihan (1956) studied this question. Extreme obesity can lead to cor pulmonale by restricting respiratory excursions of the chest over a long period.
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