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The Influence of Surgical Weight Reduction on Left Atrial Strain

BACKGROUND: Obesity increases and surgical weight reduction decreases the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF). We hypothesized that surgically induced weight loss may favorably affect left atrial (LA) mechanical function measured by longitudinal strain, which has recently emerged...

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Autores principales: Strzelczyk, Jakub, Kalinowski, Piotr, Zieniewicz, Krzysztof, Szmigielski, Cezary, Byra, Michał, Styczyński, Grzegorz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8595175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34550536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05710-5