The role of blood pressure, body weight and fat distribution on left ventricular mass, diastolic function and cardiac geometry in children

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1182-1192

  Pieruzzi, Federico ^a   Antolini, Laura ^b   Salerno, Fabio Rosario ^a   Giussani, Marco ^c   Brambilla, Paolo ^c   Galbiati, Sara ^a   Mastriani, Silvana ^a   Rebora, Paola ^b   Stella, Andrea ^a   Valsecchi, Maria Grazia ^b   Genovesi, Simonetta ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c Societa Italiana di Pediatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

children; diastolic function; echocardiography; hypertension; left ventricular geometry; left ventricular mass; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL OBESITY TASK FORCE CLASSIFICATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR GEOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; HEART VENTRICLE; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84929453882     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000552     Document Type: Article

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