title: The effect of bariatric surgery on echocardiographic indices: a review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grapsa
authors.forename: Timothy C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Stavroula A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Paschou
authors.forename: Andreas S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kalogeropoulos
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimony
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaier
authors.forename: Ozan M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Sameh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mikhail
authors.forename: Sherif
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hakky
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purkayastha
authors.forename: Ahmed R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cousins
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nihoyannopoulos
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009765:Obesity / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Bariatric; bariatric surgery; echocardiography; imaging; obesity; surgery