Association Between Elevated Body Mass Index and Cardiac Organ Damage in Children and Adolescents: Evidence and Mechanisms.
Alessandra AnnaloroChiara InvernizziFrancisco AguilarJulio AlvarezCesare CuspidiGuido GrassiEmpar LurbePublished in: High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension (2024)
In children and adolescents characterized by different body weight patterns, weight factors "per se" and the related insulin resistance state appear to represent the main determinants of LVMI and left ventricular hypertrophy, independently on BP values and BP phenotypes.
Keyphrases
- body weight
- left ventricular
- insulin resistance
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- heart failure
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- high fat diet
- aortic stenosis
- oxidative stress
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- high fat diet induced
- body mass index
- weight loss
- atrial fibrillation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- percutaneous coronary intervention