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chilladipa OP t1_itzjn1o wrote

Abstract

Background: Studies with short-term follow-up have demonstrated favorable effects of weight loss (WL) on the heart, but little information is available regarding long-term effects or effects of visceral fat reduction.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of long-term WL following bariatric surgery on cardiac structure, function, ventricular interaction, and body composition, including epicardial adipose thickness and abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT).

Methods: A total of 213 obese patients underwent echocardiography before and >180 days following bariatric surgery. Abdominal VAT area was measured by computed tomography in 52 of these patients.

Results: After 5.3 years (IQR: 2.9-7.9 years), body mass index (BMI) decreased by 22%, with favorable reductions in blood pressure, fasting glucose, and left ventricular (LV) remodeling in the full sample. In the subgroup of patients with abdominal computed tomography, VAT area decreased by 30%. In all subjects, epicardial adipose thickness was reduced by 14% (both P < 0.0001) in tandem with reductions in ventricular interdependence. LV and right ventricular longitudinal strain improved following WL, but left atrial (LA) strain deteriorated, while LA volume and estimated LA pressures increased. In subgroup analysis, LV wall thickness and strain correlated more strongly with VAT than BMI at baseline, and reductions in LV mass following surgery were correlated with decreases in VAT, but not BMI.

Conclusions: In this observational study, weight loss following bariatric surgery was associated with epicardial fat reduction, reduced ventricular interaction, LV reverse remodeling, and improved longitudinal biventricular mechanics, but LA myopathy and hemodynamic congestion still progressed. Reduction in visceral fat was associated with favorable cardiac effects, suggesting this might be a key target of WL interventions.

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chilladipa OP t1_itzka4y wrote

Abstract

Background: Studies with short-term follow-up have demonstrated favorable effects of weight loss (WL) on the heart, but little information is available regarding long-term effects or effects of visceral fat reduction.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of long-term WL following bariatric surgery on cardiac structure, function, ventricular interaction, and body composition, including epicardial adipose thickness and abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT).

Methods: A total of 213 obese patients underwent echocardiography before and >180 days following bariatric surgery. Abdominal VAT area was measured by computed tomography in 52 of these patients.

Results: After 5.3 years (IQR: 2.9-7.9 years), body mass index (BMI) decreased by 22%, with favorable reductions in blood pressure, fasting glucose, and left ventricular (LV) remodeling in the full sample. In the subgroup of patients with abdominal computed tomography, VAT area decreased by 30%. In all subjects, epicardial adipose thickness was reduced by 14% (both P < 0.0001) in tandem with reductions in ventricular interdependence. LV and right ventricular longitudinal strain improved following WL, but left atrial (LA) strain deteriorated, while LA volume and estimated LA pressures increased. In subgroup analysis, LV wall thickness and strain correlated more strongly with VAT than BMI at baseline, and reductions in LV mass following surgery were correlated with decreases in VAT, but not BMI.

Conclusions: In this observational study, weight loss following bariatric surgery was associated with epicardial fat reduction, reduced ventricular interaction, LV reverse remodeling, and improved longitudinal biventricular mechanics, but LA myopathy and hemodynamic congestion still progressed. Reduction in visceral fat was associated with favorable cardiac effects, suggesting this might be a key target of WL interventions.

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oakashyew t1_itzyc2d wrote

Well, when they basically cut your stomach in half and you can't eat then you lose weight.

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D_Welch t1_iu12jxn wrote

Not really how it works, and generally in Canada and the US you will have to go through several meetings with a psychologist and the doctors to show you are committed to the process before you can have this surgery. Otherwise you will not lose the weight and it will be a waste of everyone's time and resources.

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MTL_t3k t1_iu33z6w wrote

So basically, dangerous stupid surgery to try to lose weight is not a magic bullet. Who could have guessed? Oh, right. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together.

What fat, lazy people will resort to, and what an unscrupulous medical system will readily sell them, to avoid personal accountability for their health and well-being is quite troubling, not to mention sad.

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