Relationship Between Obesity and Global Longitudinal Strain in the Pediatric Single Ventricle Fontan Population Across Ventricular Morphologies.

Nitin Madan Doaa M Aly Melanie J Kathol Amulya Buddhavarapu Thomas Rieth Ashley K Sherman Daniel Forsha

Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)

Obesity has an adverse relationship with myocardial strain in the young Fontan population, with the most maladaptive response seen in the single right ventricle.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
left ventricular
type diabetes
pulmonary artery
high fat diet induced
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
weight gain
heart failure
emergency department
adipose tissue
cross sectional
congenital heart disease
skeletal muscle