Open AccessAssociations of childhood and adult obesity with left ventricular structure and function
Author(s) -
Huiqin Yang,
Quan Huynh,
Alison Venn,
Terence Dwyer,
Thomas H. Marwick
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/ijo.2016.234
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , childhood obesity , ventricular function , cardiology , body mass index , endocrinology , overweight
Overweight and obesity are associated with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. We sought whether echocardiographic evidence of abnormal adult cardiac structure and function was related to childhood or adult adiposity.
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