A late study found that certain hea...

A late study found that certain heart abnormalities are more everyday in children who are obese than in children who are not obese, according to a March 31 2003 novels release. Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center used tissue doppler imaging to identify question s during the heart's relaxation phase. This technique is used to measure the walls of the heart. Conventional doppler echocardiography, in comparison, measures posterity as it passes through the heart. According to single of the researchers, traditional regularitys of visualizing the heart can buffoon practitioners into thinking the heart's relaxation phase is normal.

single hundred forty-six obese children participated in the studious mood They underwent echocardiograms to assess diastolic function (ie, the function of the left ventricle as it relaxes). Researchers compared these echocardiograms to those of children of normal weight and place a significant difference.

of recent origin Cincinnati Children's Study Reveals Heart Abnormalities in Obese Children (new release, Chicago: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center March 31 2003) http://www.prnewswire.com (accessed 1 April 2003)

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