Reduction in Framingham Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding.

CONCLUSIONS: Data from a US healthcare database show that individuals undergoing LAGB have significant weight loss and reductions in estimated 10- to 30-year CVD risk within 1 year post-LAGB.
PMID: 23897217 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Advances in Therapy - July 30, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Largent JA, Vasey J, Bessonova L, Okerson T, Wong ND Tags: Adv Ther Source Type: research