Sleeve gastrectomy to aortic valve replacement: safe?

Background: Bariatric surgery has favorable results on cardiac structure and function, but there is minimal research on its utility in the cardiac comorbid population.

Objectives: To determine if laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is safe in patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS).

Setting: Community hospital/bariatric center of excellence in Pennsylvania.