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The effect of bariatric surgery on echocardiographic indices: a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Grapsa Julia,
Tan Timothy C.,
Paschou Stavroula A.,
Kalogeropoulos Andreas S.,
Shimony Avi,
Kaier Thomas,
Demir Ozan M.,
Mikhail Sameh,
Hakky Sherif,
Purkayastha Sanjay,
Ahmed Ahmed R.,
Cousins Jonathan,
Nihoyannopoulos Petros
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of clinical investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1365-2362
pISSN - 0014-2972
DOI - 10.1111/eci.12162
Subject(s) - medicine , weight loss , obesity , diastolic function , heart failure , surgery , narrative review , diastole , cardiology , intensive care medicine , blood pressure
Obesity is the new epidemic and is associated with an increased risk of diastolic and systolic heart failure. Effective treatment options with drastic results such as bariatric surgery have raised interest in the possible reversal of some of the cardiovascular sequelae. Many studies have assessed individually the effect of weight loss on specific echocardiographic indices, mostly employing nonhomogeneous groups. The purpose of this narrative review is to summarise the effect of bariatric surgery on echocardiographic indices of biventricular function and to help in the understanding of the expected echocardiographic changes in bariatric patients after weight‐loss surgery