title: Regarding effects of bariatric surgery on left ventricular mass index and geometry.
authors.affiliation: The NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts; mlc48104@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Murilo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foppa
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left