Does obesity influence ventricular repolarisation in children?

Nihan Yıldırım YıldızTayfun UçarMehmet Gökhan RamoğluMerih BerberoğluZeynep ŞıklarErcan TutarSemra Atalay

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2020)

Our study demonstrated that QT/ QTc interval prolongation and increase in QT and QTc dispersion on electrocardiogram may be found at an early age in obese children.

Keyphrases

metabolic syndrome
weight loss
drug induced
young adults
type diabetes
insulin resistance
adipose tissue
heart failure
left ventricular
weight gain
physical activity
obese patients
catheter ablation