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November 5, 2014Internal Medicine Journal

Echocardiographic and electrocardiographic findings in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome

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Population

47 patients with a formal diagnosis of obesity hypoventilation syndrome under active follow-up in the…

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MAMohammed AlawamiAMA. MustafaMAM. Alkhater

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Overview

May support cardiac screening in obesity hypoventilation syndrome; leaves open effects on outcomes and management.

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Population
47 patients with a formal diagnosis of obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) under active follow-up in the Auckland region, median age 60 years, 51% female.
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Outcome
Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases based on echocardiographic and electrocardiographic findingssurrogate

Patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome have a high prevalence of right ventricular impairment, pulmonary hypertension, diastolic dysfunction, and arrhythmias, highlighting the need for cardiovascular screening in this population.

Limitations

  • Small sample size
  • Lack of a prospective matched cohort
  • Poor quality echocardiography views in 70.2% of patients

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Alawami et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87e4fd350e059174ad3e1ahttps://doi.org/10.1111/imj.12620
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