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Safety of bariatric surgery in patients with previous acute coronary events or heart failure: nationwide cohort study.

Stenberg ErikDhanisha Jayesh TrivediTomas JernbergNäslund Erik
Published in: BJS open (2022)
Patients with severe obesity and heart disease undergoing metabolic surgery have an increased risk of postoperative cardiovascular complications compared with patients with severe obesity without heart disease. A careful preoperative cardiovascular work-up is needed but patients with severe obesity and heart disease should not be excluded from undergoing metabolic surgery.
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