%0 Journal Article
%T Trastornos electro y ecocardiogr¨¢ficos en adolescentes obesos. Hospital "Juan Manuel M¨¢rquez" 2008-2010
%A Lafita G¨¢mez
%A Yoanka
%A Mesa Herrera
%A Mar¨ªa Elena
%A S¨¢nchez Ferras
%A Indira
%A Alfonso Delis
%A Odalys
%J Revista Habanera de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas
%D 2012
%I Ministerio de Salud Publica
%X introduction: chronic obesity is a disease of multifactor origin characterized by the increasement of fat and weight and it involves the risk of acquiring other diseases. objective: characterize different cardiovascular disorder taking place in obese teenagers treated at "juan manuel marquez" paediatric hospital since july 2008 to july 2010. patients and method: it was made a descriptive and prospective study in 70 obese teenagers making anthropometric evaluations. echocardiograms, electrocardiograms and blood pressure tests were also made. results: there was a prevalence of masculine gender (85,7%). a 64,3% of the patients had a time of obesity between one and five years. a 14,3% and 5,7% of the patients had a bigger thickness of intraventricular septum and left back ventricular wall respectively. there was a 5,7% of the patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. blood pressure didn't differ from cardiovascular disorders and time of duration of obesity. conclusions: obese patients population could be characterized and there was no significant association between obesity and cardiovascular disorders.
%K obesity
%K teenagers
%K hypertension.
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