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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Metabolism and Pathophysiology of Bariatric Surgery; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; I. Features of Obesity and Strategies for Weight Loss; 1 Obesity and Cardiac Failure: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Management; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Classification of Obesity; Cardiac Performance and Morphology in Obesity; Altered Hemodynamics Associated With Obesity; Changes in Cardiac Morphology Associated With Obesity; LV Diastolic Function in Obesity; LV Systolic Function in Obesity |
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Right Ventricular Function in ObesityObesity and HTN: Effects on the Heart; HF and Obesity; Epidemiology; The Obesity Paradox in Patients With HF; Obesity Cardiomyopathy; Clinical Manifestations; Management of Obesity Cardiomyopathy: General Measures; Effect of Weight Loss on Cardiac Performance, Cardiac Morphology, and HF; Mini-Dictionary of Terms; Key Facts; Summary Points; References; 2 Obesity and Adipose Tissue Microvascular Dysfunction; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Adiposopathy in Obesity; Adipose Tissue Microvascular Dysfunction; Angiogenic Dysfunction in Obesity |
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Weight Loss and Adipose Microvascular FunctionConclusions; Mini-Dictionary of Terms; Key Facts; Summary Points; References; 3 Ghrelin-Producing Cells in Stomachs: Implications for Weight Reduction Surgery; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; A Complex Circuit; Ghrelin Hormone and Diet; Ghrelin Hormone and Drugs; Gastric Banding and Ghrelin Hormone Levels; Sleeve Gastrectomy; Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass; Helicobacter pylori and Ghrelin Levels; Future Horizons in Obesity Treatment; Vaccine; Near Infrared Guided Surgery; Mini-Dictionary of Terms; Key Facts; Summary Points; References |
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4 Asthma in Obesity and Diabetes: Novel Mechanisms and Effects of Bariatric SurgeryList of Abbreviations; Obesity, Asthma, and Bariatric Surgery; Proinflammatory State of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and the Antiinflammatory Action of Insulin; Asthma-Related Genes in Obesity; Reversal of the Proinflammatory State Following Bariatric Surgery; Effect of Intravenous Insulin Infusion on Inflammation in General and in Relation to Asthma-Related Factors; Conclusions; Mini-Dictionary of Terms; Key Facts; Summary Points; References |
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5 Percutaneous Electrical Neurostimulation of Dermatome T6 to Reduce AppetiteList of Abbreviations; Introduction; Theoretical Basis for the Development of Percutaneous Electrical Neurostimulation of Dermatome T6 to Reduce Appetite; PENS of Dermatome T6 Methodology; Preliminary Results; Long-Term Effect of PENS of Dermatome T6; Hormonal Effect of PENS of Dermatome T6; Mini-Dictionary of Terms; Key Facts; Summary Points; References; 6 The Management of Obesity: An Overview; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Food Intake: The Brain-Gut Axis |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Obesity -- Surgery.
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Obesity -- Surgery
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rajenm, Rajkumar
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Martin, Colin R
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| ISBN |
9780128040638 |
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0128040637 |
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