Effects of obesity and metabolic syndrome on cardiovascular outcomes in pediatric kidney transplant recipients: a longitudinal study.

Kristen SgambatSarah ClaussK Y LeiJiuzhou SongShaik O RahamanMargaret LasotaAsha Moudgil

Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2017)

Obesity and MS adversely affect CV outcomes after transplantation. Further studies are needed to investigate speckle tracking echocardiography as a tool for early detection of subclinical myocardial dysfunction in this population.

Keyphrases

metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
left ventricular
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
uric acid
mass spectrometry
multiple sclerosis
computed tomography
oxidative stress
ms ms
cardiovascular risk factors
heart failure
skeletal muscle
body mass index
physical activity