Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac structure and function in obese Egyptian adolescents.

Objective: The objective of this study was to detect structural and functional changes in the left and right ventricles in obese Egyptian adolescents. Methods and results Anthropometric and echocardiographic parameters, including tissue Doppler imaging, were obtained from 70 obese adolescents with average body mass index of 34 plus or minus 3.8 and compared with 50 age- and sex-matched controls, with a body mass index of 21.

Subclinical atherosclerosis in obese adolescents with normal left ventricular function.

Objective: To assess the impact of obesity on carotid intima media thickness and left ventricular (LV) mass in obese adolescents.

Methods: The study included 52 obese adolescents (mean age 14.16+/-2.