Why the study?
Does bariatric surgery reduce cardiovascular outcomes and mortality compared to routine care?
Does bariatric surgery reduce cardiovascular outcomes and mortality compared to routine care?
Bariatric surgery is associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes and reduced mortality compared to routine care.
Supports bariatric surgery evaluation in obese patients; extends observational data but leaves causal CV benefits open to RCTs.
Bariatric surgery is associated with a reduced risk of hypertension, heart failure and mortality, compared with routine care. Gastric bypass was associated with reduced risk of CVD compared to routine care.
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Singh et al. (2020) studied this question.
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