Heart problems are less common after weight loss surgery

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The risk of heart failure, heart attack and stroke in people with obesity reduces after bariatric surgery, according to international research. The team matched nearly 100,000 bariatric surgery recipients in the US with people of similar obesity levels who did not have the surgery, and followed up on heart problems over four years. They say those in the bariatric surgery group had a lower risk of death and heart problems.

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conference: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

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Organisation/s: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA

Funder: The current research was partly funded by philanthropic gifts by the Haslam family, Bailey family, and Khouri family to the Cleveland Clinic for Dr Desai’s research. Dr Desai is a consultant for Medtronic and Bristol Myers Squibb; and is on the executive steering committee of a trial sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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