Effect of Obesity on Left Ventricular Longitudinal Myocardial Strain by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Children and Adolescents
| Autor: | Ayşe Esin Kibar, Feyza Ayşenur Pac, İbrahim Ece, Mehmet Burhan Oflaz, Şevket Ballı, Veysel Nejat Bas, Zehra Aycan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Balkan Medical Journal, Vol 32, Iss 1, Pp 56-63 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2146-3123 2146-3131 |
| DOI: | 10.5152/balkanmedj.2015.15136 |
| Popis: | Background: Impaired subclinical ventricular function may contribute to the risk of cardiovascular disease in obesity. Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of obesity on left ventricular (LV) longitudinal myocardial function in normotensive obese children using two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). Study Design: Case-control study. Methods: Sixty normotensive obese children aged 10-16 years (mean age, 13.9±2.3 years) were compared with 50 normal-weight controls. Obese participants had a body mass index (BMI)≥95th percentile. Regional strain/strain rate (SR) values were compared with left ventricular (LV) parameters. The correlation was studied by linear regression analysis. Results: Obese subjects exhibited a significantly higher LV end-diastolic diameter, left atrium/aortic diameter ratio, and LV mass/index when compared to controls (p |
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