Is biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch a solution for patients after laparoscopic gastric banding failure?
BPD/DS provided substantial weight loss after LAGB failure and reduced the incidence of obesity-related co-morbidities during a 3-year period. Long-term nutritional follow-up is advocated for all patients after malabsorptive BPD/DS.
IVA is unchanged following significant increases in preload in healthy subjects, and thus is a potentially useful measure of global LV contractility.