The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Cardiopulmonary Function: Analyzing VO 2 Recovery Kinetics

ConclusionsThere was an obvious cardiac autonomic improvement after surgery. Despite the improvement in exercise tolerance, patients undergoing bariatric surgery had lower maximum oxygen consumption in the analysis not corrected for body weight. The mean VO2RP before bariatric surgery was 141  s and was 111 s after the surgical procedure (p <  0.001). These results suggest an improvement in the recovery kinetics of oxygen consumption, a novel index of cardiac reserve capacity, on patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
Source: Obesity Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research