Surgical obesity treatment and the risk of heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Obesity is associated with increased risk for heart failure. We analysed data from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study, a prospective matched cohort study, to investigate whether bariatric surgery reduces this risk.

Methods and results

From the total SOS population (n = 4047), we identified 4033 obese individuals with no history of heart failure at baseline, of whom 2003 underwent bariatric surgery (surgery group) and 2030 received usual care (control group). First-time principal diagnoses of heart failure were identified by crosschecking the SOS database with the Swedish National Patient Register and the Swedish Cause of Death Register using diagnosis codes. During a median follow-up of 22 years, first-time heart failure occurred in 188 of the participants treated w

SUBMITTER: Jamaly S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6612366 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature