Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery and Adjustable Gastric Banding Significantly Improves Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Among Morbidly Obese Hispanic Adults
Nestor De La Cruz-Muñoz, Gabriela Lopez-Mitnik, Kristopher L. Arheart, Alan Livingstone, Steven E. Lipshultz, Sarah E. Messiah
- This research was presented at the AHA Scientific Sessions and published in Circulation, the most prestigious cardiovascular journal in the world.
- The study focused on Hispanic adults, finding bariatric surgery significantly improved blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and other heart disease risk factors.
- This abstract was presented alongside a companion adolescent study, showing benefits are consistent across age groups in the Hispanic population.
- For Hispanic patients concerned about heart health, this shows bariatric surgery can address disproportionate cardiovascular risk factors.
This published abstract presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2010 and published in Circulation reported that laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery and adjustable gastric banding significantly improve cardiometabolic disease risk among morbidly obese Hispanic adults. This is a companion abstract to the adolescent study presented at the same conference, demonstrating cardiovascular risk reduction across the age spectrum in the Hispanic population, supporting the subsequent peer-reviewed publication in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders (2013).
De La Cruz-Muñoz N, Lopez-Mitnik G, Arheart KL, Livingstone A, Lipshultz SE, Messiah SE. Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery and Adjustable Gastric Banding Significantly Improves Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Among Morbidly Obese Hispanic Adults. Circulation. 2010;122(21 Suppl 23):A20165.
