Postmortem findings in morbidly obese individuals dying after gastric bypass procedures

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 593-597

  Cummings, Peter M ^a   Le, Brian H ^a   Lopes, M Beatriz S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Gastric bypass; Morbid obesity; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMEGALY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART WEIGHT; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33947187211     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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