Cardiac Abnormalities in Individuals Aged ≥ 50 Years with Severe Obesity Referred for Bariatric Surgery

Obes Surg. 2024 Sep;34(9):3513-3516. doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07422-y. Epub 2024 Aug 1.

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Surgery/Vitalys Clinic, Rijnstate Hospital, PO Box 9555, 6800 TA, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Rijnstate Hospital, PO Box 9555, 6800 TA, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
⁵ Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 9101, 6700 HB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. tm.gorter@umcg.nl.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11695-024-07422-y.

Keywords: Bariatic surgery; Cardiovascular disease; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Obesity in the elderly.