title: Failure and Fatness: Could Surgical Management of Obesity Reduce Heart Failure Hospitalizations?
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Amanda R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Vest
authors.affiliation: Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: schauep@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Philip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Schauer
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute, and Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000601:surgery*; D009819:Office Visits / Q000639:trends*; D011159:Population Surveillance
keywords: bariatric surgery; cardiomyopathy; heart failure; obesity; weight loss