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Patients undergoing metabolic surgery have a lower risk of death compared to those who do not undergo surgery.
Metabolic surgery may improve survival rates in patients with severe obesity and a history of myocardial infarction.
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Patients undergoing metabolic surgery had also a lower risk of death (adjusted HR, 0.45 [95% CI, 0.29-0.70]).
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Based on the large cohort study design.
Source
Association of Metabolic Surgery With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Previous Myocardial Infarction and Severe Obesity
Erik Näslund et al. · Circulation · 2020
DOI 10.1161/circulationaha.120.048585
cohort · n=566Cited 60×
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