Key result
Gastric bypass surgery and subsequent weight loss in morbidly obese patients resulted in the resolution (54%) or improvement (15%) of diastolic hypertension at 12 months.
Why the study?
Does gastric bypass surgery improve diastolic hypertension in morbidly obese patients?
Population
45 morbidly obese patients with diastolic hypertension undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
Design
Cohort, Two authors blinded to postoperative weights classified follow-up…
Follow-up
mean 39 months
Authors
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Supports gastric bypass for hypertension in obesity; leaves open causality without randomized confirmation.
Cohort (n=45)
Blinded outcome assessment
Does gastric bypass surgery improve diastolic hypertension in morbidly obese patients?
Gastric bypass surgery in morbidly obese patients is associated with resolution or improvement of diastolic hypertension in approximately 70% of cases, correlating with the degree of weight loss.
Jeffrey L. Carson (1994) conducted a cohort in Morbid obesity with diastolic hypertension (n=45). Gastric bypass surgery and postoperative weight loss was evaluated on Resolution or improvement of diastolic hypertension at 12 months. Gastric bypass surgery and subsequent weight loss in morbidly obese patients resulted in the resolution (54%) or improvement (15%) of diastolic hypertension at 12 months.
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