Preoperative evaluation for bariatric surgery using transesophageal dobutamine stress echocardiography

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 948-951

  Bhat, Geetha ^a,b,d   Daley, Kathy ^b   Dugan, Margaret ^b   Larson, Gerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Transplant Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Morbid obesity; Preoperative evaluation; Transesophageal dobutamine stress echocardiography

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MORBID OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBESITY, MORBID; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 4143139782     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892041719554     Document Type: Article

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