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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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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, Rami M. Abazid
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