Role of Echocardiography in Bariatric Surgery: Preoperative Assessment of Non- Cardiopathic Morbidly Obese Patients

Theodora Michalopoulou¹, Evelyn M. Aponte¹, Alejandro Ruiz-Majoral¹, Miguel A. Sánchez-Corral², Pedro Lopes-Pimentel³, Amador G. Ruiz De Gordejuela⁴, Immaculada Camprubi³, Jordi Pujol⁴ and Nuria Vilarrasa^1*

¹Endocrinology Service, Bellvitge University Hospital -IDIBELL, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

²Cardiology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital -IDIBELL, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

³Department of Anesthesia, Bellvitge University Hospital -IDIBELL, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

⁴Bariatric Surgery Department, Bellvitge University Hospital -IDIBELL, L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

^*Corresponding Author: Nuria Vilarrasa, Endocrinology Service, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, Tel: (93)-5338511, Fax: (93)3375248 Email: