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Figure 1. Mechanisms implicated in obesity and adverse myocardial consequences. Figure made using biorender.com. Image © Emory University. CC-BY-SA. HPA: Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; ACTH: Acetylcholine; E, NE: Epinephrine, norepinephrine; RAAS: Renin angiotensin aldosterone system; HTN: Hypertension; MAFLD: metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease; MACE: Major adverse cardiovascular event.