Rotund Children Cause Signs Of Heart Disease Typically Seen
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:30 pmThe blood vessels of overweight children beget stiffness normally seen in much older adults with cardiovascular infection, Dr. Kevin Harris today told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2010, co-hosted at hand the Canadian Cardiovascular Mankind and the Heart and Jot Foundation. The clock is ticking and the condition of the 13 year-old-heart is changing - in behalf of the worse.
"We were surprised to bump into uncover that these rotund children already demand resolute blood vessels," says Dr. Harris from B.C. Children's Hospital. "Aortic stiffness is an near the start with of cardiovascular disease in obese children." He says it is as if the aging alter has been accelerated in their aorta.
The aorta is the largest artery in the philanthropist body. It carries and distributes oxygen-rich blood to all the other arteries and normally acts as a buffer to the pumping activity of the heart. Increased stiffness of the aorta is typically associated with aging and is a powerful predictor of approaching cardiac events and mortality in adults.
"We were surprised to bump into uncover that these rotund children already demand resolute blood vessels," says Dr. Harris from B.C. Children's Hospital. "Aortic stiffness is an near the start with of cardiovascular disease in obese children." He says it is as if the aging alter has been accelerated in their aorta.
The aorta is the largest artery in the philanthropist body. It carries and distributes oxygen-rich blood to all the other arteries and normally acts as a buffer to the pumping activity of the heart. Increased stiffness of the aorta is typically associated with aging and is a powerful predictor of approaching cardiac events and mortality in adults.