Insulin resistance surrogates and left ventricular hypertrophy in normotensive obese children.

Ljiljana BjelakovicVladimir Vukovic Sanja Dj StankovićMilan CiricStevo LukicMilovan BraticSasa PantelicLjiljana SaranacBojko Bjelakovic

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2021)

There is a positive relationship between homeostasis model assessment index and relative wall thickness of obese normotensive children which may help to distinguish at risk obese normotensive children for the development of concentric left ventricular remodelling.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
young adults
type diabetes
weight loss
heart failure
obese patients
mitral valve
high fat diet
aortic stenosis
acute coronary syndrome
atrial fibrillation