RELATION OF DURATION OF MORBID-OBESITY TO LEFT-VENTRICULAR MASS, SYSTOLIC FUNCTION, AND DIASTOLIC FILLING, AND EFFECT OF WEIGHT-LOSS

Authors
ALPERT MA LAMBERT CR PANAYIOTOU H TERRY BE COHEN MV MASSEY CV HASHIMI MW MUKERJI V
Citation
Ma. Alpert et al., RELATION OF DURATION OF MORBID-OBESITY TO LEFT-VENTRICULAR MASS, SYSTOLIC FUNCTION, AND DIASTOLIC FILLING, AND EFFECT OF WEIGHT-LOSS, The American journal of cardiology, 76(16), 1995, pp. 1194
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
76
Issue
16
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1995)76:16<1194:RODOMT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
To assess the effect of duration of morbid obesity on left ventricular (LV) structure and function, we performed echocardiography and cardia c Doppler studies in 50 morbidly obese subjects whose duration of morb id obesity ranged from 5 to 28 years, Longer durations of morbid obesi ty were associated with higher LV mass, poorer LV diastolic filling; w eight loss-induced improvements in these variables were due in part to favorable alterations in LV loading conditions.