en Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Background and Objective:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">Obesity is one of the problems associated with cardiovascular complications. Patients&#39; heart function improves after sleeve gastrectomy. Global Longitudinal Strain (GLS) is one of the methods used to monitor heart function before and after sleeve gastrectomy.&nbsp; In this study, we evaluated the echocardiographic parameters </span></span></span><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">pre and post</span></span><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black"> sleeve gastrectomy.</span></span></span></span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Materials and Methods:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">Obesity is one of the problems associated with cardiovascular complications. Patients&#39; heart function improves after sleeve gastrectomy. Global Longitudinal Strain (GLS) is one of the methods used to monitor heart function before and after sleeve gastrectomy.&nbsp; In this study, we evaluated the echocardiographic parameters </span></span></span><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">pre and post</span></span><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black"> sleeve gastrectomy.</span></span></span></span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Results:</span></span></strong>&nbsp;<span style="line-height:150%"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">Data analysis showed that GLS increased after surgery compared to preoperative period (15.4 &plusmn; 3.8 vs. 18.4 &plusmn; 3.04). Also, PAP, <em>LVEDV</em></span></span></span><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">, </span></span><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">LVESV</span></span></span><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">, </span></span><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">LVDD</span></span></span><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">, LVDS and AO were higher in the mentioned period; these findings were statistically significant (p-value <0.05). However, the RVSM mean, TAPSE, </span></span><em><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">RVFAC</span></span></span></em> <span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">and LVH parameters were higher post-surgery in comparison to the pre- surgery; a significant relationship was observed between the parameters before and after surgery.</span></span></span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Conclusion:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN"><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="color:black">It can be concluded that GLS method, which evaluates echocardiographic parameters in obese patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy can be highly significant in monitoring patients.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> Sleeve Gastrectomy, Echocardiography, Surgery, Global Longitudinal Strain Pattern 327 332 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5906-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Abdolvahab Baradaran avbaradaran@sina.tums.ac.ir 5200319475328460073541 5200319475328460073541 No Cardiac Primary Prevention Research Center, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Somayeh Zamanifard zamanifard117@gmail.com 5200319475328460073542 5200319475328460073542 No Dept.of Cardiology, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran Maryam Parham maryam.parham@yahoo.com 5200319475328460073543 5200319475328460073543 No Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Farahnaz Nikdoust farahnaznikdoust@yahoo.com 5200319475328460073544 5200319475328460073544 Yes Dept. of Cardiology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran