Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: Effective, But Is It Safe?

Circ Heart Fail

From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia (M.A.A.); and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.M.P.).

Published: March 2016

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