The Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Cardiac Structure and Function: a Systematic Review of Cardiac Imaging Outcomes

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1030-1040

  Aggarwal, Ravi ^a   Harling, Leanne ^a,b   Efthimiou, Evangelos ^a,c   Darzi, Ara ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a,b   Ashrafian, Hutan ^a,c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Cardiac function; Cardiac structure; Imaging; Metabolic surgery; Obesity cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY, MORBID; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY, MORBID; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84940483837     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-015-1866-5     Document Type: Article

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