Effects of Weight Loss on QT Interval in Morbidly Obese Patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 869-873

  Papaioannou, Alexandra ^a   Michaloudis, Dimitris ^a,b,c   Fraidakis, Othon ^a   Petrou, Anastasios ^a   Chaniotaki, Fotini ^a   Kanoupakis, Emmanuel ^a   Stamatiou, Georgia ^a   Melissas, John ^a   Askitopoulou, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Arrhythmia gastroplasty; Long QT syndrome; Morbid obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QTC INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VERTICAL BANDED GASTROPLASTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HEART; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0346887077     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322618687     Document Type: Article

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