Preclinical cardiovascular changes in children with obesity: A real-time 3-dimensional speckle tracking imaging study.

The aims of this study were (1) to quantify changes in 3-dimensional (3D) strain in obese children using real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3DE) and 3D speckle tracking echocardiography (3DSTE), and (2) to investigate the utility of left ventricular (LV) strain variables in measuring early cardiovascu...

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Main Authors: Chunquan Zhang, Yiwen Deng, Yanna Liu, Yan Xu, Yanling Liu, Li Zhang, Xiongwen Chen, Mingxing Xie, Shuping Ge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6181343?pdf=render