Cachexia may be caused by congestive heart failure, and it is then called cardiac cachexia,
which leads to increased morbidity and mortality. Cardiac cachexia also worsens skeletal …

Cardiomyopathy is among the major clinical manifestations of heart diseases that triggers
malfunctioning of the cardiovascular system. Some of the major causal factors of …

Objective This study aimed to elucidate the mechanism by which hypertrophic adipocytes
regulate insulin signaling in cardiac myocytes. Methods Palmitate was used to induce …

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolite dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene
(DDE) are ubiquitously found in the environment and linked to cardiovascular diseases …

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a category of metabolic conditions affecting about 5%
of people worldwide. High mortality associated with DM is mostly due to its severe clinical …

Background Several studies have examined serum adiponectin concentrations in
prediabetes, newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and other types of diabetes …

Background Increased pericardial fat volume (PFV) is associated with coronary
atherosclerosis burden independent of body mass index (BMI) in many clinical studies …

Visceral adipose tissue is an independent risk factor for the development of atherosclerotic
coronary disease, arterial hypertension, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Right heart …

Background Cardiac cachexia (CC) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in
persons with heart failure (HF). Compared to the biological underpinning of CC, little is …

Cachexia has been recognized as involuntary weight loss resulting from a decline in food
consumption correlated to metabolic dysfunction. It is an impaired metabolism leading to the …