Short-Term Cardiac Effects of Bariatric Surgery: Is Weight Loss Alone Sufficient in Metabolically Healthy Morbidly Obese Patients?
Omer Ozkan Duman, Ummu Taş, Sedat Taş, Erkan Alpaslan · 2026
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Does weight loss alone mend the heart in obesity, even without diabetes or high blood pressure? Omer Ozkan Duman and colleagues test that question in a 2026 study of metabolically healthy patients with severe obesity. Twenty-eight sleeve gastrectomy patients were compared with twenty-five matched peers who had no surgery, with heart scans at baseline and six months.
Body mass index in the surgical group fell from 46.21 to 37.11 over the half year, while controls barely moved. Left ventricular mass shrank markedly, and a standard filling ratio improved in step. Blood sugar and lipid measures also improved, supporting surgery as direct protection for the heart even when no other disease is present.
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| CREATOR | Omer Ozkan Duman, Ummu Taş, Sedat Taş, Erkan Alpaslan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26995 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |