Bariatrics
Research from Cleveland Clinic, Department of General Internal Medicine in bariatrics provides new insights
Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, April 22nd, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Challenges in cardiac risk assessment in bariatric surgery patients' new findings in bariatrics. According to recent research published in the journal Obesity Surgery, "Bariatric surgery has serious associated medical comorbidity and procedure-related risks and is thus considered an intermediate-to high-risk noncardiac surgery. Most patients referred for bariatric surgery have a low or very low functional capacity, making cardiac risk assessment imperative."
"Stress echocardiography has a high negative predictive value and can avoid some of the table weight and torso diameter problems associated with myocardial perfusion imaging....
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