The effect of significant weight loss after bariatric surgery on echocardiographic indices: an observational study focusing on left ventricular deformation by 2D speckle echocardiography and right ventricular size.
Saeed SafariMozhgan ParsaeeMohammad MoradiMahdi HakiminejadParisa KoohsariFarnoosh LartiPublished in: The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology (2024)
Bariatric surgery could enhance cardiac function, as proven by 2D speckle echocardiography. Changes in RV size may be related to weight loss and should be considered when assessing patients who have undergone bariatric surgery.
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- weight loss
- left ventricular
- obese patients
- roux en y gastric bypass
- ejection fraction
- gastric bypass
- pulmonary hypertension
- end stage renal disease
- mitral valve
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- left atrial
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- computed tomography
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- glycemic control
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported