A rare complication of obesity related childhood hypertension: Aorta dissection

Year 2011, Volume: 2 Issue: 4, 449 - 451, 01.12.2011

Erkan Ayhan Servet Altay Ahmet Ekmekçi Serhan Özcan Muhammedo Tijani

https://doi.org/10.5799/ahinjs.01.2011.04.0093

Abstract

Obesity is a common public health problem and cause adverse effects on children's cardiovascular system. Aortic dissection, a rare clinical manifestation of hypertension in a fat 18-year-old girl who was diagnosed to have hypertension, was presented in this report. J Clin Exp Invest 2011; 2 (4): 449-451

Keywords

Aorta dissection, hypertension, obesity, complication

Obezite ile ilişkili hipertansiyonun çocukluk döneminde nadir bir komplikasyonu: Aorta diseksiyonu

Abstract

Obezite yaygın bir halk sağlığı problemidir ve çocuk kardiyovasküler sistemi üzerine olumsuz etkilere neden olmaktadır. Bu raporda 18 yaşında obez bir kız hastada gelişen, hipertansiyonun nadir görülen klinik formlarından biri olan aort diseksiyonu olgusu sunuldu.

Keywords

Aort diseksiyonu, hipertansiyon, obezite, komplikasyon

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