The Positive Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Vascular Health

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2024 May 6

PMID 38707177

Authors

Fazal Dalal

Monique Hassan

Robert J Widmer

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Abstract

Background: Obesity is one of the most prevalent medical conditions in the Western world. There are many risk factors associated with obesity, including cardiovascular and pulmonary risk. Vascular health is not studied in obese patients, and whether obesity has an adverse effect on vascular health in these patients remains unknown.

Objective: The first objective is to find a correlation between vascular health and obesity and whether obesity can be classified as a risk factor for vascular health. The second objective is to see if weight loss leads to an improvement in vascular health in patients.

Methods: The study was conducted with pre- and post-surgical methods at Baylor Scott & White (BSWH) Medical Center, Temple, Texas, USA. Ten patients were approached, consented, and prepared to obtain baseline values through WatchPAT and EndoPAT devices prior to their bariatric surgery. Values obtained include their initial weight, respiratory disturbance index, apnea-hypopnea index, oxygen desaturation index, and degree of endothelial dysfunction via the EndoPAT device. Post-surgery, these values were obtained again and compared using Wilcoxon non-parametric analyses with a level of significance at p < 0.05.

Results: Our study results demonstrate a correlation between obesity and vascular health as endothelial dysfunction is widely seen. In our patients, after bariatric surgery, we saw a significant weight change (31.2% +11.2, p < 0.0001). There was a significant degree of endothelial function improvement after the weight loss (31.2% +34.7, p < 0.04).

Conclusion: Our results indicate that there is a correlation between obesity and vascular health, which also correlates with cardiovascular risk. There is a significant reduction in endothelial dysfunction after weight loss. We believe that obesity is a risk factor for vascular health outcomes.

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