Journals / Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi / 2019 / Cilt: 47 - Sayı: 3
Cardiovascular effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
- Pages
- 159–161
- DOI
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Abstract
In this issue of the Archives of The Turkish Societyof Cardiology, Simsek et al.[1] have evaluated theshort-term (3 months) effects of laparoscopic sleevegastrectomy (LSG) on body weight and echocardiographicdiastolic function. Briefly, 41 obese patients[mean age: 42.8 years; 51.1% female; mean bodymass index (BMI): 44.9 kg/m2] underwent LSG. Thebody weight, BMI, and body surface area (BSA)were significantly reduced following the procedure:26.6±10.9 kg, 8.8±3.9 kg/m2, and 0.27±0.12 m2, respectively(p