Department of Radiology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Dec;34 Suppl 2:S67-81. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2010.242.
Despite intense effort, obesity is still rising throughout the world. Links between obesity and cardiovascular diseases are now well established. Most of the cardiovascular changes related to obesity can be followed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or by magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). In particular, we will see in this review that MRI/MRS is extremely well suited to depict (1) changes in cardiac mass and function, (2) changes in stroke volume, (3) accumulation of fat inside the mediastinum or even inside the cardiomyocytes, (4) cell viability and (5) molecular changes during early cardiovascular diseases.
尽管付出了巨大的努力，但肥胖问题在全球范围内仍呈上升趋势。肥胖与心血管疾病之间的联系现已得到充分证实。大多数与肥胖相关的心血管变化都可以通过磁共振成像（MRI）或磁共振波谱（MRS）来检测。在这篇综述中，我们将看到 MRI/MRS 非常适合描绘（1）心脏质量和功能的变化，（2）每搏量的变化，（3）纵隔内甚至心肌细胞内脂肪的堆积，（4）细胞活力和（5）早期心血管疾病期间的分子变化。
