Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: Effective, But Is It Safe?

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia (M.A.A.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.M.P.). alpertm@health.missouri.edu.
² From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia (M.A.A.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.M.P.).

Editorial

Martin A Alpert et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Mar.

. 2016 Mar;9(3):e002960.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.002960.

¹ From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia (M.A.A.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.M.P.). alpertm@health.missouri.edu.
² From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia (M.A.A.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.M.P.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; bariatric surgery; heart failure; myocardial infarction; obesity; weight loss.

Comment on

Clinical and Echocardiographic Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction.
Vest AR, Patel P, Schauer PR, Satava ME, Cavalcante JL, Brethauer S, Young JB. Vest AR, et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Mar;9(3):e002260. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002260. Circ Heart Fail. 2016. PMID: 26945045