Arterial and Ventricular Elastance and Ventriculo-arterial Coupling in Asthmatic Children.

Objective: To compare arterial and ventricular end-systolic elastance and ventriculo-arterial coupling between asthma and healthy children and correlate these all three parameters with pulmonary function tests in subjects with asthma.

Study Design: Across-sectional analytical study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Pediatrics, Bozok University Medical Faculty,Yozgat, Turkey, from January 2012 to November 2014.

The evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness and mean platelet volume values and correlation with cardiac functions in obese children.

Background: Obesity is associated with many risk factors, such as hyperlipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, hypertension and leads to early atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation of the mean platelet volume (MPV) and the carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) on cardiac functions among obese children.

Materials And Methods: Sixty obese children, with body mass index percentile were >95% and forty eight healthy controls were enrolled in the study.

Arterial Stiffness, Distensibility, and Strain in Asthmatic Children.

Background: We hypothesized that since asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease, it could lead to the early development of atherosclerosis in childhood-onset asthma. The aim of this study was to investigate arterial stiffness, distensibility, and strain of different peripheral arteries, the parameters of which can be used to detect atherosclerosis in asthmatic children.

Material/methods: We studied 22 pediatric patients with asthma and 18 healthy children.