March 4, 2017Circulation210 citationsOpen Access
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Structured PICO
Does gastric bypass surgery reduce the incidence of heart failure compared to intensive lifestyle modification?
P
Population
Patients from 2 large nationwide registries
I
Intervention
Gastric bypass surgery
C
Comparator
Intensive lifestyle modification
O
Outcome
Incidence of heart failurehard clinical
Gastric bypass surgery is associated with a substantially lower incidence of heart failure compared to intensive lifestyle modification, demonstrating a graded benefit with increasing weight loss.
Abstract
Gastric bypass surgery was associated with approximately one half the incidence of heart failure compared with intensive lifestyle modification in this study of 2 large nationwide registries. We also observed a graded association between increasing weight loss and decreasing risk of heart failure.