Serum Adiponectin, Anemia and Left Ventricular Dimensions in Patients with Cardiac Cachexia

Cardiology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evin Bozcali ◽  
Veli Polat ◽  
Handan Akbulut ◽  
Mustafa Ferzeyn Yavuzkir ◽  
Ilgin Karaca
Keyword(s):  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Serum Adiponectin ◽  
Cardiac Cachexia ◽  
Left Ventricular Dimensions ◽  
Ventricular Dimensions

scholarly journals Vitamin D Status in Children with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. e120-e124
Author(s):  
Duaa M. Raafat ◽  
Osama M. EL-Asheer ◽  
Amal A. Mahmoud ◽  
Manal M. Darwish ◽  
Naglaa S. Osman
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Serum Level ◽  
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Smooth Muscles ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Vitamin D Receptors ◽  
Left Ventricular Dimensions ◽  
And Function ◽  
Ventricular Dimensions

AbstractDilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the third leading cause of heart failure in pediatrics. The exact etiology of DCM is unknown in more than half of the cases. Vitamin D receptors are represented in cardiac muscles, endothelium, and smooth muscles of blood vessels suggesting that vitamin D could have a vital cardioprotective function. This study aimed to assess serum level of vitamin D in children with idiopathic DCM and to correlate the serum level of vitamin D with the left ventricular dimensions and function. This study is a descriptive cross-sectional single-center study, includes 44 children of both sexes, diagnosed as idiopathic DCM. Serum level of vitamin D was assessed and correlated with the left ventricular dimensions and function. Mean age of studied children was 6.08 ± 4.4 years. Vitamin D deficiency was found in 90.9% of children with idiopathic DCM with a mean level 13.48 ng/mL. There was a negative correlation between vitamin D level and fraction shortening and left ventricular end-diastolic diameter in children with DCM. Vitamin D level is not only significantly low in children with idiopathic DCM but it is also significantly correlated with the degree of left ventricular dysfunction.

Relationship between right anterior oblique cine angiographic and m-mode echographic left ventricular dimensions

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 397
Author(s):  
Richard P. Lewis ◽  
Paul D. Ruff ◽  
Harisios Boudoulas ◽  
Phillip K. Fulkerson
Keyword(s):  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Dimensions ◽  
Ventricular Dimensions
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