Effect of Obesity on Left Ventricular Longitudinal Myocardial Strain by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Children and Adolescents
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-dimension...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Galenos Publishing House
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Balkan Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://balkanmedicaljournal.org/text.php?lang=en&id=242 |