The upward trend in adolescent hypertension is widely attributed to the adolescent obesity
epidemic. Secular trends in adolescent prehypertension and hypertension have risen in …

Abstract Purpose of Review We highlight important new findings on cardiovascular
dysfunction in intrauterine growth restriction. Recent Findings Intrauterine growth restriction …

Background—Fetal growth restriction (FGR) affects 5% to 10% of newborns and is
associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in adulthood. We evaluated whether …

Intrauterine growth restriction has been noted to adversely impact morbidity and mortality in
the neonatal period as well as cardiovascular well-being in adolescence and adulthood …

Children who are obese or have familial hypercholesterolemia have stiffer arteries
compared with lean, healthy peers. Limited data are, however, available on the association …

Background: Maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) may be associated with
cardiovascular diseases in the offspring from childhood to adulthood. We aimed to …

Background and objectives Impaired fetal growth is associated with increased
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in adulthood. We sought to determine whether adults …

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is prevalent among hypertensive children; however, blood
pressure (BP) does not predict its presence. The authors conducted a 1‐year prospective …

Objective: To evaluate the cardiac structure and function of the fetuses of pregnant women
with HIV infection on combined antiretroviral treatment (cART) and the HIV-related and …

Background Our aims were to assess left ventricular structure and diastolic function in obese
subjects stratified according to ambulatory blood pressure status, and to investigate …