Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Left Ventricular Structure and Function.
Diarmaid HughesAli AminianChao TuYuichiro OkushiYoshihito SaijoRickesha WilsonNicholas ChanAshwin KumarRichard A GrimmBrian P GriffinWai Hong Wilson TangSteven E NissenBo XuPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2023)
This study has shown the long-term impact of bariatric surgery on cardiac structure and function, with reductions in left ventricular mass and improvement in left ventricular global longitudinal strain. These findings support the cardiovascular benefits of bariatric surgery.
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- left ventricular
- weight loss
- obese patients
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- heart failure
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- left atrial
- mitral valve
- cross sectional
- coronary artery disease
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- ejection fraction