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In 85 patients (22 with myocardial infarct and 63 with valvular heart disease) echocardiographical examination simultaneously by classical and transesophageal methods was done. The transesophageal method was better in assessing the aortic valve and similar to the classical method in reference to the mitral valve. Heart contractility assessment was better with the classical method. Transesophageal echocardiography is the method of choice in patients in whom classical echocardiography cannot be done (obesity, emphysema, chest deformation).
Kardiol Pol 1991
PMID:[Transesophageal and classical echocardiography in myocardial infarction and heart valve disease (comparison study)]. 194 59

Ten obese patients with normal glucose tolerance, 11 obese with type II diabetes and 15 normal non-obese controls were studied. The submaximal exercise test was made before fasting in all the mentioned 3 groups of patients and in the obese patients after a 10 days fast. The exercise on normal diet did not cause any changes in serum insulin in all groups. The growth hormone secretion, however, rose in all the groups studied. Fasting did not modify the insulin secretion following the exercise in both groups of the obese. The growth hormone secretion, exercise stimulated, was elevated by fasting as well in the obese with normal and abnormal glucose tolerance. We believe that a marked energetic deficit due to exercise on fasting may supplement the deficit of the growth hormone which usually occurs in obesity. This might be therapeutically usefull in treating obesity in selected cases.
Pol Arch Med Wewn 1990 Jul
PMID:[Blood levels of insulin and growth hormone during exercise test in obese patients with normal glucose tolerance and with diabetes mellitus after food intake and fasting]. 225 Dec 13

An analysis of the nutrition was carried out in 50 obese subjects with questionnaire technique. It was found that moderately obese patients received an excess of calories in comparison with the standards and requirements but approximately 25% of the obese subjects of this group was adequately fed. One of the important nutritive errors in the examined obese subjects was significant percentage of fat in the daily ration and relatively low content of the complex carbohydrates. Nutrition might be considered high-protein++. Obese subjects frequently eat irregularly, and ate between meals, especially sweets.
Pol Tyg Lek
PMID:[Evaluation of nutrition of obese patients]. 225 55

In 45 children with simple obesity (overweight 70 +/- 16%) clinical, electrocardiographic and functional assessment of the cardiovascular system was carried out. The results were compared with those in a control group of 20 healthy children without overweight. Raised arterial blood pressure was found in 14 children (31%) in the studied group. In the control group the blood pressure was normal. Resting electrocardiogram was abnormal in 5 obese (11%) and 2 thin (10%) children. Exercise tolerance was similar in both groups, while the values of systolic pressure and double product were higher in obese children. The value of the tolerated exercise was not correlated with the degree of overweight.
Mater Med Pol
PMID:Evaluation of the cardiovascular system in children with simple obesity. Part I. Clinical, electrocardiographic and functional studies. 248 65

In a group of 45 children with simple obesity (overweight 70 +/- 16%) echocardiographs evaluation of the morphology and function of the left cardiac ventricle was carried out comparing the obtained results with those in a control group (20 children). The mass of the left ventricle was greater in obese children, and the degree of hypertrophy was not correlated with the degree of overweight. The tested parameters of left ventricle systolic activity were within normal limits and were non-significantly lower than in the control group.
Mater Med Pol
PMID:Evaluation of the cardiovascular system in children with simple obesity. Part II. Echocardiographic assessment. 248 66

The potential of plasma to stimulate differentiation and lipid filling of adipose precursors in primary culture was investigated in the groups of genetically obese Zucker rats (fafa) and their lean littermates (FaFa). The effect of age, feeding status and possible role of growth hormone in the process of adipogenesis was also studied. Differences in lipid-filling activity of the tested plasma samples were much more dependent on age than the genotype of plasma donors were. The plasma taken from the oldest (20-week-old) rats stimulated the accumulation of triglycerides in the cells to significantly higher levels than the plasma from other rats. The influence of the feeding status on the lipid-filling activity of plasma was not significant. The differentiation potential of plasma in terms of the stimulation of glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity measured in adipocyte precursors was 30-50% higher when the culture medium contained plasma from obese rats. Furthermore, glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity in the growing cells declined with age and tended to be higher in the presence of plasma from fed rats. It was the growth hormone that was in a considerable degree responsible for the differentiation potential of Zucker rat plasma. This effect of growth hormone seemed to be less dependent on fafa genotype. It is, therefore, suggested that in addition to growth hormone, other factors in the plasma of genetically obese Zucker rats might be important in the development of obesity in this rat strain.
Acta Physiol Pol
PMID:Adipogenic activity in the plasma of genetically obese Zucker rats. 248 49

In 15 subjects with simple obesity and 10 patients with obesity associated with type II diabetes neutrophil adhesiveness and the rate of resting and stimulated production of superoxide anions (O2-) by these cells were assessed. High values were demonstrated of neutrophil adhesiveness suspended in autologous plasma in both groups of patients. The value of O2- production by resting cells was significantly raised, particularly in cases of simple obesity. Stimulated production of superoxides by neutrophils was approaching the value noted in the control group. The obtained results may suggest participation of these cells in the development of atherosclerotic changes.
Pol Arch Med Wewn
PMID:[Superoxide anion production and adhesiveness of neutrophils in obese patients]. 256 58

The study was carried out in October 1986, using interview method by means of standardized questionnaire. The interview comprised a random sample of the whole country population aged above 15 years and including 2000 subjects. The largest group was formed by respondents aged 20--30 years, representatives of urban population, having education level below secondary, employed as manual workers. About 34% of men and 41% of women were, to a great extent, interested in cardiovascular problems (CVD). The main source of information on CVD were mass media. About 95% of respondents thought that CVD prevalence was very high. Among factors likely to influence CVD mortality, the respondents mentioned environmental contamination, nervous work, obesity, smoking and consumption of alcohol.
Kardiol Pol 1989
PMID:[Basic principles of the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in light of knowledge and opinions of the Polish community. I. Knowledge of the causes of the spreading epidemic of cardiovascular diseases]. 263 51

Distribution of the fat tissue has been estimated in 94 children with simple obesity and in 100 children with normal parameters of the somatic development. The relation of waist measurement (at the navel level) to the hip measurement (at the level of sacral bone) (p/b) was evaluated. This ratio was higher in the group of the obese than in the normotensive children. Higher values of the waist measurement can indicate an excessive fat tissue deposition in the epigastrium. This is a poor prognostic factor as it indicates the greater risk of complications of obesity. This children should be followed up.
Pediatr Pol 1989 Jun
PMID:[Adipose tissue distribution in children with excess body weight and possible complications of obesity. I. Evaluation of an index (waist to hip circumference) in children with simple obesity]. 263 71

98 children with simple obesity were investigated. The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, coronary heart disease including heart infarction, disturbances of the cerebral circulation) and diabetes in parents and relatives of the obese children have been evaluated. The relation between the type of obesity (androidal, gynoidal) and the prevalence of the above complications in the family history was assessed. No correlation between the type of obesity and the mentioned diseases was observed.
Pediatr Pol 1989 Jul
PMID:[Adipose tissue distribution in children with excessive body weight and the possibility of development of complications of obesity. II. Positive family history in relation to arteriosclerosis risk factor and the constitutional type of obesity in children]. 264 Jun 98


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