mortality/aging
• increase in mortality
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cardiovascular system
• increase in the number of adipocytes in the heart, with predominant distribution in the epicardium and patchy adipocyte distribution in the myocardium
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• interstitial fibrosis is increased about 2-fold
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• modest increase in left ventricular end diastolic diameter, but normal left ventricular end systolic diameter and left ventricular fractional shortening
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adipose tissue
• increase in the number of adipocytes in the heart, with predominant distribution in the epicardium and patchy adipocyte distribution in the myocardium
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cellular
• interstitial fibrosis is increased about 2-fold
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