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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on December 6, 2004
European Heart Journal 2005 26(2):201-202; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi053
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European Heart Journal vol. 26 no. 2 © The European Society of Cardiology 2004; all rights reserved.

 

Increased left ventricular mass in obese adolescents

Peter G. Danias

Cardiac MR Center, Hygeia Hospital
4 Eythrou Stavrou Street
Maroussi 15123, Greece and
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Tel: +30 210 686 7000
Fax: +30 210 682 1931
E-mail address: pdanias@hygeia.gr;
pdanias@bidmc.harvard.edu

Nicholas A. Tritos

Dartmouth Medical School
5 Coliseum Ave, Suite 209
Nashua, NH 03063, USA

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We read with interest the paper by Friberg et al.,1 regarding the association between left ventricular (LV) mass and obesity in adolescents. The authors reported that, compared with lean controls, the obese had higher absolute and height-indexed LV mass. This difference was statistically significant in females but not . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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