The mechanical properties and stiffness of aorta in obese children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-314

  Şen, Hakan ^a   Bakiler, Ali Rahmi ^a   Aydoǧdu, Süleyman Ayvaz ^a   Ünüvar, Tolga ^a   Yenisey, Çiǧdem ^a   Özer, Esra Arun ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Tepecik Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Children; Echocardiography; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC STRAIN; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEFT VENTRICULAR END DIASTOLIC DIAMETER; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE INSULIN SENSITIVITY CHECK INDEX SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR DISEASE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, THORACIC; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84883866335     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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