Left atrial diameters in overweight children with normal blood pressure

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-325

  Yu, Jeong Jin ^a   Yeom, Hee Hyun ^a   Chung, Sochung ^a   Park, Youngshin ^a   Lee, Dong Hwan ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33645968640     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.10.042     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Alpert M.A., Terry B.E., and Kelly D.K. Effect of weight loss on cardiac chamber size, wall thickness and left ventricular function in morbid obesity. Am J Cardiol 55 (1985) 783-786
2. Iacobellis G., Ribaudo M.C., Leto G., Zappaterreno A., Vecci E., Di Mario U., et al. Influence of excess fat on cardiac morphology and function. study in uncomplicated obesity. Obes Res 10 (2002) 767-773
3. Alpert M.A. Obesity cardiomyopathy. pathophysiology and evolution of the clinical syndrome. Am J Med Sci 321 (2001) 225-236
4. Daniels S.R., Witt S.A., Glascock B.G., Khoury P.R., and Kimball T.R. Left atrial size in children with hypertension. the influence of obesity, blood pressure, and left ventricular mass. J Pediatr 141 (2002) 186-190
5. Benjamin E.J., D'Agostino R.B., Belanger A.J., Wolf P.A., and Levy D. Left atrial size and the risk of stroke and death. the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation 92 (1995) 835-841
6. Gidding S.S., Bao W., Strinivasan S.R., and Berenson G.S. Effects of secular trends in obesity on coronary risk factors in children. the Bogalusa Heart Study. J Pediatr 127 (1995) 868-874
7. Gunnell D.J., Frankel S.J., Nanchahal K., Peters T.J., and Davey Smith G. Childhood obesity and adult cardiovascular mortality. a 57-year follow-up study based on the Boyd Orr cohort. Am J Clin Nutr 67 (1998) 1111-1118
8. Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. Report of the second Task Force on blood pressure control in children, 1987. Pediatrics 79 (1987) 1-25
9. Hong Y.M., Moon K.R., Seo J.Y., and Sim J.G. Nationwide study on body mass index, skinfold thickness, and arm circumference in Korean children. J Korean Pediatr Soc 42 (1999) 1186-1200
10. Teichholz L.E., Kreulen T., Herman M.V., and Gorlin R. Problems in echocardiographic volume determinations. echocardiographic-angiographic correlations in the presence or absence of asynergy. Am J Cardiol 37 (1976) 7-12
11. Devereux R., and Reichek N. Echocardiographic determination of left ventricular mass in man. anatomic validation of the method. Circulation 55 (1977) 613-618
12. De Simone G., Daniels S.R., Devereux R.B., Meyer R.A., Roman M.J., De Divitiis O., et al. Left ventricular mass and body size in normotensive children and adults. assessment of allometric relations and impact of overweight. J Am Coll Cardiol 20 (1992) 1251-1260
13. Appleton C.P., Jensen J.L., Hatle L.K., and Oh J.K. Doppler evaluation of left and right ventricular diastolic function. a technical guide for obtaining optimal flow velocity recordings. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 10 (1997) 271-291
14. Briguori C., Betocchi S., Losi M.A., Manganelli F., Piscione F., Pace L., et al. Noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 81 (1998) 180-187
15. Galderisi M., Benjamin E.J., Evans J.C., D'Agostino R.B., Fuller D.L., Lehman B., et al. Intra- and interobserver reproducibility of Doppler-assessed indexes of left ventricular diastolic function in a population-based study (the Framingham Heart Study). Am J Cardiol 70 (1992) 1341-1346
16. 2. Am J Cardiol 93 (2004) 1567-1569
17. Zarich S.W., Kowalchuk G.L., Mcguire M.P., Benotti P.N., Mascioli E.A., and Nesto R.W. Left ventricular filling abnormalities in asymptomatic morbid obesity. Am J Cardiol 68 (1991) 377-381
18. Stoddard M.F. Echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac disease due to endocrinopathies, renal disease, obesity, and nutritional deficiencies. In: Otto C.M. (Ed). The practice of clinical echocardiography. 2nd ed (2002), WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 779-796
19. Stoddard M.F., Pearson A.C., Kern M.J., Ratcliff J., Mrosek D.G., and Labovitz A.J. Influence of alteration in preload on the pattern of left ventricular diastolic filling as assessed by Doppler echocardiography in humans. Circulation 79 (1989) 1226-1236
20. Harada K., Orino T., and Takada G. Body mass index can predict left ventricular diastolic filling in asymptomatic overweight children. Pediatr Cardiol 22 (2001) 273-278
21. Alexander J.K., Dennis E.W., Smith W.G., Amad K.H., Duncan W.C., and Austin R.C. Blood volume, cardiac output and distribution of systemic blood flow in extreme obesity. Cardiovasc Res Center Bull 1 (1962) 39-44