Usefulness of an accelerated transoesophageal stress echocardiography in the preoperative evaluation of high risk severely obese subjects awaiting bariatric surgery

BACKGROUND: Severe obesity is associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Bariatric surgery is an effective procedure for long term weight management as well as reduction of comorbidities. Preoperative evaluation of cardiac operative risk may often be necessary but unfortunat...

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Autores principales: Legault, Sylvie, Sénéchal, Mario, Bergeron, Sébastien, Arsenault, Marie, Tessier, Michel, Guimond, Jean, Poirier, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20663231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-8-30

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20663231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-8-30

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