Ecocardiografia para avaliação cardiovascular de crianças com sobrepeso/obesidade: uma revisão

• Autor(a) principal: Caixe, Simone Helena
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Carlos Alberto Nogueira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: International Journal of Nutrology (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ijn.zotarellifilhoscientificworks.com/index.php/ijn/article/view/72
• topic: Obesity; Ecocardiography; Ultrasonography; Cardiovascular diseases; Health education

In Brazil, the current data show that the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children is high and increasing. In this scenario it is necessary to detect early cardiovascular changes resulting from this framework. This review is a descriptive exploratory study that addresses the use of transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disorders and included publications on indexed scientific research bases, MEDLINE, SCIELO, and classical references during the period 2001-2013. The search terms used were “obesity”, “echocardiogram”, “cardiovascular disorders”. Transthoracic echocardiography accurately assesses in real time structure and cardiac function through echocardiographic parameters and therefore allows to detect early changes in diastolic function and left ventricular geometry.