Obesity creates many health challenges for patients and the physicians who care for them. While weight loss following bariatric surgery often yields improvement of comorbidities related to obesity, it also causes unanticipated changes in underlying physiology. We present the cases of 2 young patients with morbid obesity who underwent sleeve gastrectomy and postoperatively developed symptomatic sinus bradycardia. These instances emphasize the presentation, nuance, and potential complications involved in treating sinus bradycardia induced by sleeve gastrectomy in this patient population.
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