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SUBCLINICAL LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION IN OBESE ADOLESCENTS WITH AND WITHOUT METABOLIC SYNDROME

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Obesity is associated with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and heart failure. We investigated the role of metabolic syndrome as an additive risk for LV systolic dysfunction among adolescents. Fourteen obese… Click to show full abstract

Obesity is associated with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and heart failure. We investigated the role of metabolic syndrome as an additive risk for LV systolic dysfunction among adolescents. Fourteen obese adolescents (n=5 with metabolic syndrome, OMS+, and n=9 without metabolic syndrome, OMS-)

Keywords: dysfunction; without metabolic; obese adolescents; metabolic syndrome; ventricular dysfunction; left ventricular

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2018

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