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Metabolic bariatric surgery is associated with durable weight loss and lower observed rates of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), heart failure, and all-cause mortality compared with non-surgical care.
Practitioners can consider metabolic bariatric surgery as an effective option for achieving weight loss and reducing cardiovascular risks.
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Evidence for metabolic bariatric surgery is dominated by large observational cohorts and meta-analyses, which are associated with durable weight loss and lower observed rates of MACE, heart failure and all-cause mortality compared with non-surgical care.
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Based on large observational cohorts and meta-analyses mentioned in the abstract.
Source
Cardiovascular benefits of obesity therapies: an overview of obesity medicines and metabolic bariatric surgery
Itxaso K Villelabeitia et al. · Heart · 2026
DOI 10.1136/heartjnl-2025-326812
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