Response to: "QT Interval Shortening After Bariatric Surgery-Mind the Heart Rate Correction Equation"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, P.O. Box 9051, 5000 LC, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Sjaakpwls@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Plastic Surgery, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Sultan Abdulhamid Han Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁶ Metabolic Surgery Clinic, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁷ Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁸ Centro Multidisciplinar da Doença Metabólica, Clínica de Santo António, Reboleira, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Whittington Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁰ Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery Clinic, Virinchi Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.
¹¹ Bariatric Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
¹² Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
¹³ Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
¹⁴ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, P.O. Box 9051, 5000 LC, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Comment

Sjaak Pouwels et al. Obes Surg. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;31(10):4638-4639.

doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05503-w. Epub 2021 Jun 1.

¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, P.O. Box 9051, 5000 LC, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Sjaakpwls@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Plastic Surgery, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Sultan Abdulhamid Han Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁶ Metabolic Surgery Clinic, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁷ Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁸ Centro Multidisciplinar da Doença Metabólica, Clínica de Santo António, Reboleira, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁹ Department of Surgery, Whittington Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁰ Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery Clinic, Virinchi Hospitals, Hyderabad, India.
¹¹ Bariatric Unit, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
¹² Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
¹³ Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
¹⁴ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, P.O. Box 9051, 5000 LC, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

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Comment on

Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Heart Rhythm Disorders: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Sanches EE, Topal B, de Jongh FW, Cagiltay E, Celik A, Sundbom M, Ribeiro R, Parmar C, Ugale S, Mahawar K, Buise MP, Dekker LR, Ramnarain D, Pouwels S. Sanches EE, et al. Obes Surg. 2021 May;31(5):2278-2290. doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05314-z. Epub 2021 Mar 13. Obes Surg. 2021. PMID: 33712936
QT Interval Shortening After Bariatric Surgery: Mind the Heart Rate Correction Equation.
Schultes B, Grasser EK, Ernst B. Schultes B, et al. Obes Surg. 2021 Oct;31(10):4637. doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05502-x. Epub 2021 Jun 3. Obes Surg. 2021. PMID: 34081272 No abstract available.

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