Left ventricular mass index and ventricular contractility improvement in patients with severe obesity following rapid weight loss after bariatric surgery

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BACKGROUND: Obesity is a well-known risk factor for heart disease, resulting in a broad spectrum of cardiovascular changes. Left ventricular mass (LVM) and contractility are recognized markers of cardiac function.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the changes of LVM and contractility after bariatric surgery (BaS).

SETTING: University hospital, United States METHODS: To determine the cardiac changes in ventricular mass, ventricular contractility, and left ventricular shortening fraction (LVSF), we retrospectively reviewed the 2-dimensional echocardiographic parameters of patients with obesity who underwent BaS at our institution. We compared these results before and after BaS.

RESULTS: A total of 40 patients met the inclusion criteria. The majority were females (57.5%; n = 23), with an average age of 63.5 ± 12.1. The excess body mass index (BMI) lost at 12 months was 48.9 ± 28.9%. The percent total weight loss after BaS was 16.46 ± 9.9%. The left ventricular mass was 234.9 ± 88.1 grams before and 181.5 ± 52.7 grams after BaS (P = .002). The LVM index was 101.3 ± 38.3 g/m2 before versus 86.7 ± 26.6 g/m2 after BaS (P = .005). The LVSF was 31% ± 8.8% before and 36.3% ± 8.2% after BaS (P = .007). We found a good correlation between the decrease in LVM index and the BMI after BaS (P = .03).

CONCLUSION: Rapid weight loss results in a decrease of the LVM index, as well as improvement in the left ventricular muscle contractility. Our results suggest that there is left ventricular remodeling and an improvement of heart dynamics following bariatric surgery. Further studies are needed to better assess these findings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - 17(2021), 6 vom: 19. Juni, Seite 1140-1145

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sarmiento-Cobos, Mauricio [VerfasserIn]
Rivera, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Okida, Luis Felipe [VerfasserIn]
Cogollo, Vicente J [VerfasserIn]
Montorfano, Lisandro [VerfasserIn]
Gutierrez Blanco, David [VerfasserIn]
Lo Menzo, Emanuele [VerfasserIn]
Szomstein, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Rosenthal, Raul J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bariatric surgery
Journal Article
Ventricular contractility
Ventricular mass index
Weight loss

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Date Completed 01.07.2021

Date Revised 01.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.soard.2021.01.040

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NLM323682642