Open AccessEffect of overweight and obesity on the left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Fatih Poyraz,
Murat Turfan,
S.A. Kocaman,
Hüseyin Yazıcı,
Nihat Şen,
Murat Tulmaç,
Mehmet Akıf Vatankulu,
Nazif Aygül,
İbrahіm Özdoğru,
Yüksel Aydar,
Yusuf Tavıl,
Adnan Abacı
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical and investigative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1488-2353
pISSN - 0147-958X
DOI - 10.25011/cim.v35i4.17152
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , overweight , myocardial infarction , ejection fraction , diastole , body mass index , obesity , heart failure , blood pressure
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a association exits among overweight and obesity and left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in patients admitted with first ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods: The present study was performed on 451 consecutive patients diagnosed with first STEMI (376 men, 75 women; mean age 56.1±10.8 years). The patients were classified into three groups based on their body mass index (BMI) as normal weight (BMI 30 kg/m2). Echocardiographic features were evaluated and compared among the three groups. Results: Mitral annulus E velocities were higher in obese individuals than normal weight group (p 0.05).Conclusion: These results suggest that while obesity has no adverse effect on the left ventricular systolic function, it has unfavorable consequences on the left ventricular diastolic function in the patients with first STEMI. In contrast, no unfavorable effects of overweight on the left ventricular systolic and diastolic function were detected.