Impact of ponderal loss after bariatric surgery on the cardiac structure and function.

Introduction And Objective: Excess weight can cause structural and functional cardiac disorders. The presence of left ventricular hypertrophy in the obese patient is an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The major aim of the present study is to know the prevalence of cardiac morphofunctional disorders in obese patients, before and after weight loss due to bariatric surgery (BS).

Resistin in morbidly obese patients before and after gastric bypass surgery.

Background And Objectives: Resistin was originally suggested to be a potential mediator of obesity-related insulin resistance in rodents. However, in humans, the role of resistin in obesity and insulin resistance has not yet been demonstrated. The present study investigates whether there are differences in resistin levels between patients with morbid obesity and lean subjects, and analyzes changes in resistin levels after significant weight loss secondary to bariatric surgery.

Large saphenous graft aneurysm that compresses the right heart.

We present an illustrative case of a very rare complication of saphenous bypass: a huge aneurysm that severely compresses the right-heart cavities.

Obesity, endothelial function and inflammation: the effects of weight loss after bariatric surgery.

Objective: Obesity is associated with a high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. There is a causal association between obesity, inflammation, insulin resistance (IR) and endothelial dysfunction. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in IR, proinflammatory state and markers of endothelial dysfunction in morbidly obese patients after weight loss following bariatric surgery.

Obesity and inflammation: change in adiponectin, C-reactive protein, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 after bariatric surgery.

Background: Obesity is associated with a low-grade inflammatory state. A causal association between inflammation and atherosclerosis has been suggested. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in the proinflammatory profile of morbidly obese patients after weight loss following bariatric surgery.

[Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and C reactive protein after bariatric surgery].

Background And Objectives: Obesity is associated with a state of chronic low-grade inflammation. A causal association between inflammatory processes and atherogenesis has been proposed. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in the proinflammatory profile of morbidly obese patients who underwent bariatric surgery.