Impact of body mass index on left ventricular mass

Background: obesity is an independent factor implicated in left ventricular (lv) hypertrophy and increased left ventricular mass. early detection of increased lv mass in obese patients has prognostic and therapeutic implications.methods: this case series was carried out in choudhry pervaiz ellahi institute of cardiology,multan from march to august 2011. a total of 100 consecutive patients including male and female referred for transthoracic echocardiography were included in this study. patient's demographics were obtained using a questionnaire. anthropometry (bmi) and two-dimensional echocardiography to calculate lv mass.results: echocardiograms of 100 patients showing mean age 42.42 ± 6.04 years,with bmi of 28.42 ± 5.52 and lv mass of 136.05 ± 29.117 shown linear correlation between bmi and lv mass.conclusion: in is concluded from the study that lv mass increases with increasing bmi.