Open AccessLong-Term Effect of Biliopancreatic Diversion on Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Obese Patients
Author(s) -
Gian Franco Adami,
Federica Murelli,
Francesca Carlini,
Francesco Papadia,
Nicola Scopinaro
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.12.013
Subject(s) - medicine , biliopancreatic diversion , blood pressure , diastole , weight loss , cardiology , obesity , pulse pressure , surgery , endocrinology , anesthesia , morbid obesity
The weight loss surgically induced by gastroplasty or gastric banding has only a transitory effect on the arterial hypertension of the severely obese patients, and a prevalence of hypertension similar to that of controls has been reported 8 years after the operation.
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