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Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Assist Devices as a Bridge to Transplant
Obesity is an epidemic that is progressive, costly, and closely associated with cardiac disease and death. Obesity causes structural and functional changes in the heart due to increases in metabolic demand, total blood volume, and stroke volume, all of which cause left ventricular dilation, cardiac muscle hypertrophy, and atrial enlargement [1,2]. Heart failure is a deadly condition, affecting up to 5.8 million people in the United States with associated health care costs exceeding 30 billion dollars per year [3,4].
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - April 18, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Russell B Hawkins, Kristina Go, Steven L Raymond, Alexander Ayzengart, Jeffrey Friedman Source Type: research