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Metabolic surgery is associated with a lower risk of new myocardial infarction.

Metabolic surgery may significantly reduce the risk of recurrent myocardial infarction in this patient group.

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Patients undergoing metabolic surgery had also a lower risk of... new MI (0.24 [0.14-0.41]).
Erik Näslund et al. · Circulation · 2020

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Based on the large cohort study design.

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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

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