In conclusion , this review highlights the benefits of bariatric surgery in reducing or eliminating risk factors for CVD .
It provides further evidence to support surgical treatment of obesity to achieve CVD risk reduction
Obesity is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular ( CV ) disease ( CVD ) and CV mortality .
Bariatric surgery has been shown to resolve or improve CVD risk factors , to varying degrees .
The objective of this systematic review was to determine the impact of bariatric surgery on CV risk factors and mortality .
A systematic review of the published research was performed to evaluate evidence regarding CV outcomes in morbidly obese bariatric patients .
Effects of bariatric surgery on inflammatory, functional and structural markers of coronary atherosclerosis.
This study was design ed to assess the effects of bariatric weight loss surgery on structural , functional , and inflammatory markers of coronary atherosclerosis . Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and an independent risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis . It remains unclear whether surgically induced weight loss reduces cardiovascular risk . This prospect i ve study enrolled 50 consecutive subjects with morbid obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery ( GBS ) after failed attempts at medical weight loss . Subjects were recruited through a comprehensive weight loss center affiliated with an academic tertiary care hospital . All subjects had body mass indexes > or = 40 kg/m(2 ) or body mass indexes of 35 to 40 kg/m(2 ) with > or = 2 co-morbid obesity-related conditions . Markers of coronary atherosclerosis , including brachial artery flow-mediated dilation , carotid intima-media thickness , and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein , were measured before GBS and 6 , 12 , and 24 months after GBS . There were statistically significant improvements in all measured markers of coronary atherosclerosis after GBS . The mean body mass index decreased from 47 to 29.5 kg/m(2 ) at 24 months ( p < 0.001 ) , the mean carotid intima-media thickness regressed from 0.84 to 0.50 mm at 24 months ( p < 0.001 ) , mean flow-mediated dilation improved from 6.0 % to 14.9 % at 24 months ( p < 0.05 ) , and mean high-sensitivity C-reactive protein decreased from 1.23 to 0.65 mg/dl at 6 months ( p < 0.001 ) and to 0.35 mg/dl at 24 months ( p < 0.001 ) . In conclusion , GBS results in significant improvements in inflammatory , structural , and functional markers of coronary atherosclerosis
In conclusion , this review highlights the benefits of bariatric surgery in reducing or eliminating risk factors for CVD .
It provides further evidence to support surgical treatment of obesity to achieve CVD risk reduction
Obesity is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular ( CV ) disease ( CVD ) and CV mortality .
Bariatric surgery has been shown to resolve or improve CVD risk factors , to varying degrees .
The objective of this systematic review was to determine the impact of bariatric surgery on CV risk factors and mortality .
A systematic review of the published research was performed to evaluate evidence regarding CV outcomes in morbidly obese bariatric patients .