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Publication year: 2010
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, Volume 105, Issue 4, 15 February 2010, Pages 550-556

Carolina A., Garza , Patricia A., Pellikka , Virend K., Somers , Michael G., Sarr , Maria L., Collazo-Clavell , …

Obesity and bariatric surgery have been associated with changes in ventricular function and structure. The aim of the present study was to assess the long-term changes in left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) function and structure in patients with morbid obesity—body mass index ≥40 kg/m2 or ≥35 kg/m2 with co-morbidities—who had lost weight after bariatric surgery compared to nonsurgical controls. We reviewed 57 patients with morbid obesity who had undergone gastric bypass surgery and who had undergone echocardiography before and after surgery. A reference group (n = 57) was frequency matched for body mass index (±2 kg/m2), gender, age…

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