Abstract
Obesity is the new epidemic and is associated with an increased risk of diastolic and systolic heart failure. Effective treatment options with drastic results such as bariatric surgery have raised interest in the possible reversal of some of the cardiovascular sequelae. Many studies have assessed individually the effect of weight loss on specific echocardiographic indices, mostly employing nonhomogeneous groups. The purpose of this narrative review is to summarise the effect of bariatric surgery on echocardiographic indices of biventricular function and to help in the understanding of the expected echocardiographic changes in bariatric patients after weight-loss surgery.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1224-1230 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | European Journal of Clinical Investigation |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Nov 2013 |
Keywords
- Bariatric
- Bariatric surgery
- Echocardiography
- Imaging
- Obesity
- Surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Clinical Biochemistry