Major weight loss prevents long-term left atrial enlargement in patients with morbid and extreme obesity

AIMS: To assess long-term changes in left atrial (LA) volume in patients with morbid obesity [body mass index (BMI) ≥35 kg/m(2) with co-morbidities] and extreme obesity (BMI ≥40 kg/m(2)), after surgically-induced weight loss (WL) after gastric bypass surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS: We reviewed 57 pati...

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Autors principals: Garza, Carolina A., Pellikka, Patricia A., Somers, Virend K., Sarr, Michael G., Seward, James B., Collazo-Clavell, Maria L., Oehler, Elise, Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Oxford University Press 2008
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2724883/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18490311
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ejechocard/jen117
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