%0 Journal Article
%T Obesity and type 2 diabetes have additive effects on left ventricular remodelling in normotensive patients-a cross sectional study
%A Alan Appelbe
%A Gary D. Loopaschuk
%A Juliane K. Czeczor
%A Kevin McEwen
%A Kimberly Cukier
%A Kirstie A. De Jong
%A Mark Kotowicz
%A Sean L. McGee
%A Smithamol Sithara
%J Archive of "Cardiovascular Diabetology".
%D 2017
%R 10.1186/s12933-017-0504-z
%X It is unclear whether obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), either alone or in combination, induce left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) independent of hypertension. In the current study, we provide clarity on this issue by rigorously analysing patient left ventricular (LV) structure via clinical indices and via LV geometric patterns (more commonly used in research settings). Importantly, our sample consisted of hypertensive patients that are routinely screened for LVH via echocardiography and normotensive patients that would normally be deemed low risk with no further action required
%K Obesity
%K Type 2 diabetes
%K Left ventricular hypertrophy
%K Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction
%K Echocardiography
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5299776/