title: Relation of duration of morbid obesity to left ventricular mass, systolic function, and diastolic filling, and effect of weight loss.
abstract: Longer duration of morbid obesity is associated with higher LV mass, poorer LV systolic function, and greater impairment of LV diastolic filling. Weight loss-induced decreases in LV mass and improvements in LV systolic function and diastolic filling are due in part to favorable alterations in LV loading conditions.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D015431:Weight Loss