Improvement of obstructive sleep apnea does not rescue left atrial enlargement in obese participants of a multimodal weight reduction program.

The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and its weight loss related improvement on left atrial (LA) area in individuals with severe obesity participating in a multimodal weight reduction (WR) program. Participants with obesity (body mass index, BMI, 40.2 ± 7.