Weight Loss Surgery And Healthy Heart

 

The assessment conducted on the patients who have undergone weight loss surgery revealed that this procedure reduced various risk factors of cardiovascular disease along with improved heart functioning.

Obesity is extremely awful for heart. This is not only a cosmetic problem; it also has serious effects of cardiac disease along with other metabolic aliments like diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol.

Most of the adult population in U.S is obese. A research conducted at world health organization and the centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 2.8 million overweight adults depart their life every year.

There are many benefits of weight loss surgery on the health. The international diabetes federations have recommended decreasing the BMI rate to 30 for bariatric procedure. This means the person is overweight by 20 – 30 pounds and the patients having type 2 diabetes can’t be treated by any medical therapy.

After having the surgery, an average of 54 percent of overall reduction in weight loss was seen in the patients. Before surgery, approximately hypertension and high cholesterol was seen in 44 percent of the patients.

Over 5 years after the surgery, 73 percent of the patients improved in controlling diabetes, 65 percent had improved in hypertension and 63 percent lowered cholesterol levels.

The other 18 studies reported that the patients who have undergone bariatric surgery have considerable decline in mass of left ventricle was the risk factor of the heart failure. Diastolic functioning of heart at relaxation improved after bariatric procedure. The time involved in closing the aortic valve and the opening of mitral valve known as isovolumic relaxation improved as of 84-72.9 milliseconds. This is a general diastolic problem in overweight people.

To improve the mechanism of a heart by losing weight through exercise and diet proved to be helpful, yet for the people struggling to lose weight and having severe obesity ought to considered for surgery.

The transience rate of weight loss surgery is low when compared to the coronary bypass procedure. The American Heart Association stated that weight loss procedure is very much beneficial in lowering the risks involved in the heart disease.  

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4. September 2012 14:11 by bariactric | Comments (0) | Permalink

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The Bariatric Care Center is dedicated to the holistic approach to morbid obesity. We believe that surgery is only a small fraction of the whole process of losing weight and a powerful tool when used appropriately. In order to achieve that, our team includes a specialized panel in Psychiatry, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology.

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