title: Effects of obesity and weight changes on cardiac and vascular structure and function: does the clinical impact carry any weight?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Department of Preventive Medicine, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Electronic address: clavie@ochsner.org.
authors.forename: Carl J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lavie
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Richard V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Milani
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Hector O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Ventura
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000502:physiology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling
keywords: LV function; fitness; obesity; weight loss