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Publication year: 2009<br><b>Source:</b> The American Journal of Cardiology, Volume 104, Issue 9, 1 November 2009, Pages 1251-1255<br>Phillip, Habib , John David, Scrocco , Megan, Terek , Vincent, Vanek , J. Ronald, Mikolich<br><br>This study was designed to assess the effects of bariatric weight loss surgery on structural, functional, and inflammatory markers of coronary atherosclerosis. Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and an independent risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis. It remains unclear whether surgically induced weight loss reduces cardiovascular risk. This prospective study enrolled 50 consecutive subjects with morbid obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (GBS) after failed attempts at medical weight loss. Subjects were recruited through a c

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