Bariatric Surgery May Reverse Subtle Damage To The Heart,

reports research suggests bariatric surgery “might also reverse subtle damage to” the heart. The study, which “included 38 obese patients who had weight-loss surgery and 19 obese patients who were on the waiting list for” bariatric surgery, revealed that at study start, “58% of patients in the surgery group had subclinical heart disease,” but “in 82% of those patients, subclinical heart dysfunction normalized six months after surgery.” Meanwhile, “subclinical heart disease worsened in 53% of patients on the waiting list during the same period.” The findings were presented at a medical conference. https://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/weight-loss-surgery-bariatric-1005/weight-loss-surgery-a-boon-for-the-heart-752707.html