title: Linking pediatric obesity to subclinical alterations in cardiac structure and function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Justin P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Zachariah
authors.affiliation: Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: Charlotte B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Ingul
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: Gerald.Marx@cardio.chboston.org.
authors.forename: Gerald R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Marx
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000150:complications*
keywords: children; circumferential strain; echocardiography; longitudinal strain; obesity