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ea0011p381 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | ECE2006

Effects of bariatric surgery on preclinical myocardial alterations in severe obesity and the related role of insulin resistance

Pucci A , Santini F , Di Bello V , Marsili A , Fierabracci P , Di Cori A , Palagi C , Delle Donne MG , Giannetti M , Anselmino M , Vitti P , Balbarini A , Pinchera A

Obesity is a well established risk factor for congestive heart failure. The existence of an ‘obese cardiomyopathy’ has been hypothesized, as the complex combination of the effects of both hemodynamic and metabolic alterations. Aim of this study was to analyze the effect of bariatric surgery on the early myocardial alterations detected in a group of severe obese patients by high frame rate integrated backscatter (IBS). Twenty severely obese patients (5 males, 15 femal...
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