Left ventricular mass is underestimated in overweight children because of incorrect body size variable chosen for normalization.
Hubert KrysztofiakMarcel MłyńczakLukasz A MalekAndrzej FolgaWojciech BraksatorPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Normalization for body surface area and for computed lean body mass, but not for height, underestimates left ventricular mass in overweight children.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- young adults
- heart failure
- weight loss
- physical activity
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- body mass index
- weight gain
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left atrial
- coronary artery disease
- magnetic resonance
- acute coronary syndrome
- computed tomography
- aortic valve