Departments of Cardiology, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University; İstanbul-Turkey.
Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University; İstanbul-Turkey.
Anatol J Cardiol. 2020 Mar;23(4):218-222. doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2019.85249.
Obesity is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality and morbidity. Bariatric surgery (BS) is currently an established therapeutic approach for severely obese patients. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) provide important prognostic information beyond traditional CV risk factors. This study aimed to examine the effect of bariatric surgery-induced weight loss on CIMT and brachial artery FMD in morbidly obese patients.
A total of 23 morbidly obese patients (40.4±5.6 years, 13 females) were examined before and after BS for 1 year with 3-month periods. CIMT, FMD, body composition, and metabolic parameters were determined.
All the patients exhibited significant weight loss following BS (p<0.001). Carotid intima-media thickness reduction was not significant from baseline to 6 months (p=0.069), but at 9 months (p=0.004), it became significant. Similarly, the difference between the preoperative and 6-month FMD assessments was not significant (p=0.057), but at 9 months (p<0.001), it became significant.
Our study reveals that weight loss following BS causes improvements in CV risk factors, which is evident after 9 months of surgery.
肥胖与心血管(CV)死亡率和发病率的增加有关。减重手术(BS)目前是治疗严重肥胖患者的一种既定方法。颈动脉内膜中层厚度(CIMT)和肱动脉血流介导的扩张(FMD)提供了超越传统心血管危险因素的重要预后信息。本研究旨在研究减重手术引起的体重减轻对病态肥胖患者的 CIMT 和肱动脉 FMD 的影响。
共对 23 名病态肥胖患者(40.4±5.6 岁,13 名女性)进行了检查,在 BS 后 1 年内每 3 个月进行一次检查,共 3 次。测定 CIMT、FMD、身体成分和代谢参数。
所有患者在 BS 后均表现出明显的体重减轻(p<0.001)。从基线到 6 个月时,颈动脉内膜中层厚度的减少不显著(p=0.069),但在 9 个月时(p=0.004),则变得显著。同样,术前和 6 个月时的 FMD 评估之间的差异不显著(p=0.057),但在 9 个月时(p<0.001),则变得显著。
我们的研究表明,BS 后体重减轻会导致心血管危险因素的改善,这在手术后 9 个月时就很明显。