Importance of plasma N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide, epicardial adipose tissue, and carotid intima-media thicknesses in asymptomatic obese children

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 792-799

  Saritas, Turkay ^a,b   Tascilar, Emre ^a   Abaci, Ayhan ^a   Yozgat, Yilmaz ^a   Dogan, Mustafa ^a   Dundaroz, Ruşen ^a   Hasimi, Adnan ^a   Yesilkaya, Ediz ^a   Lenk, M Koray ^a   Kilic, Ayhan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac dysfunction; Child; Echocardiography; N terminal pro B type natriuretic peptide; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76); PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INTIMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OBESITY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PERICARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77955550088     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9705-x     Document Type: Article

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