http://www.bariatricproductguide.com/blog A comprehensive guide to bariatric products for medical professionals Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:51:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://www.bariatricproductguide.com/blog/2008/10/24/bariatric-surgery-reduces-cardiovascular-risk-in-obese-patients/ http://www.bariatricproductguide.com/blog/2008/10/24/bariatric-surgery-reduces-cardiovascular-risk-in-obese-patients/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:59:09 +0000 Jim Marino http://www.bariatricproductguide.com/blog/2008/10/24/bariatric-surgery-reduces-cardiovascular-risk-in-obese-patients/ A recent research conducted at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota has concluded that obese patients can consider bariatric surgery for reducing the risk of adverse cardiovascular events. This is the first ever study to take into account validated scores for cardiovascular risk on a patient population and compare them with previous results. The results showed that cardiovascular risk was reduced by up to 79 per cent.

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