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Effect of bariatric surgery on cardiac function in obese patients

An echocardiographic assessment

Mansur S. Alqunai, Bandar S. Assakran, Adel M. Widyan, Annie Suresh, Abdullah A. Alharbi, Osamah I. Almosallam, Abdullah H. Alromaih, Abdulrahman H. Alashkar, Daliyah F. Alotaibi and Rami M. Abazid
Saudi Medical Journal June 2022, 43 (6) 587-591; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.6.20220136
Mansur S. Alqunai
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Bandar S. Assakran
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Adel M. Widyan
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Annie Suresh
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Abdullah A. Alharbi
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Osamah I. Almosallam
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Abdullah H. Alromaih
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Abdulrahman H. Alashkar
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Daliyah F. Alotaibi
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Rami M. Abazid
From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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vol. 43 no. 6 587-591
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.6.20220136
PubMed 
35675931

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received February 13, 2022
  • Accepted May 17, 2022
  • Published online June 7, 2022.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Mansur S. Alqunai, MD⇑,
  2. Bandar S. Assakran, MD,
  3. Adel M. Widyan, PhD,
  4. Annie Suresh, RCS,
  5. Abdullah A. Alharbi, MD,
  6. Osamah I. Almosallam, MD,
  7. Abdullah H. Alromaih, MD,
  8. Abdulrahman H. Alashkar, MBBS,
  9. Daliyah F. Alotaibi, MBBS and
  10. Rami M. Abazid, MD
  1. From the Department of Surgery (Alqunai, Assakran, Alharbi, Alromaih), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Buraidah, Qassim; from the Department of Mathematics (Widyan), College of Science, from the Department of Surgery (Almosallam, Alotaibi), College of Medicine, Qassim University; from the Department of Non-invasive Cardiology (Suresh), Prince Sultan Cardiac Center; from the Department of Surgery (Alashkar), Doctor Sulaiman AlHabib Medical Group, Qassim; from the Department of Surgery (Alqunai), College of Medicine, Jouf University, Aljouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Division of Cardiology (Abazid), London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Mansur S. Alqunai, Department of Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: m.alqunai{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6365-4904
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