Systemic ventricular strain is abnormal with elevated BMI in adults with congenital heart disease
Adlakha H, Malik P, Donthula R, Rajagopal H, Kan A, Srivastava S, Karnik R, Shenoy R. Systemic ventricular strain is abnormal with elevated BMI in adults with congenital heart disease. Progress In Pediatric Cardiology 2022, 65: 101467. DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2021.101467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElevated body mass indexBody mass indexCongenital heart diseaseType of CHDTransthoracic echocardiogramEjection fractionACHD patientsCardiac dysfunctionHeart diseaseCircumferential strainSignificant associationLV end-diastolic volumeSubclinical cardiac changesSubclinical myocardial dysfunctionSubset of patientsLeft ventricular hypertrophyMultivariate logistic regressionEnd-diastolic volumeResults Univariate analysisWilcoxon rank sum testRank sum testMedian GCSLifestyle modificationEchocardiographic markersBackground Obesity