Bariatric surgery improves cardiac function in morbidly obese patients with severe cardiomyopathy

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 503-507

  McCloskey, C A ^a   Ramani, G V ^a   Mathier, M A ^a   Schauer, P R ^b   Eid, G M ^a   Mattar, S G ^c   Courcoulas, A P ^a   Ramanathan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Body mass index; Cardiomyopathy; Gastric bypass; Heart failure; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BANDING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BYPASS; THERAPY EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HEART; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34548842485     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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