The effects of obesity on longitudinal ventricular and atrial strain in a rural population of Spanish children and adolescents, evaluated by a new strain software.

Cristhian H Aristizábal-DuqueJuan Fernández CabezaIsabel María Blancas SánchezMónica Delgado OrtegaPilar Aparicio-MartinezManuel Romero SaldañaFrancisco Javier Fonseca Del PozoManuel Pan Álvarez-OssorioMartín Ruíz OrtizMaría Dolores Mesa Rubio

Published in: Pediatric obesity (2023)

Utilizing this new strain software, children and adolescents with high BMI were associated with significantly lower values for left and right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain, without impact in left atrial strain.

Keyphrases

left atrial
atrial fibrillation
left ventricular
catheter ablation
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
heart failure
mitral valve
body mass index
insulin resistance
weight gain
south africa
cross sectional
high fat diet induced