A Pilot Study of Patients With Clinically Severe Obesity Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery: Evidence for Impaired Cardiac Performance
Popescu WM, Bell R, Duffy AJ, Katz KH, Perrino AC. A Pilot Study of Patients With Clinically Severe Obesity Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery: Evidence for Impaired Cardiac Performance. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2011, 25: 943-949. PMID: 21232976, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2010.11.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnesthesia, InhalationBlood PressureCardiac OutputEchocardiographyEchocardiography, TransesophagealFemaleGastric BypassHeart DiseasesHeart Function TestsHeart RateHemodynamicsHumansLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedMitral ValveObesity, MorbidPilot ProjectsPneumoperitoneum, ArtificialPostureStroke VolumeVascular ResistanceConceptsDiastolic dysfunctionAbdominal insufflationCardiac performanceSystolic dysfunctionSevere obesityHeart diseaseLaparoscopic surgeryLaparoscopic gastric bypass surgerySingle-center university hospitalReverse Trendelenburg positionSignificant heart diseaseGastric bypass surgeryTotal systemic resistanceArterial blood pressureCoronary artery diseaseEffects of pneumoperitoneumInduction of anesthesiaFractional area changeImpaired cardiac performanceRelative young ageSurgical pneumoperitoneumBypass surgeryDiastolic functionObese patientsArtery disease