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ArticleObesity surgery2017

Early Weight Loss Independent Effects of Sleeve Gastrectomy on Diet-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction in Obese, Wistar Rats.

Tammy L Kindel, Tom Foster, Paul Goldspink, Steven J Kindel, John Corbett, Michael Widlanksy, Jennifer Strande

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Article in Obesity surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Obesity accelerates cardiovascular ageing.European heart journal · 2025
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  4. Sleeve gastrectomy in obese Wistar rats improves diastolic function and promotes cardiac recovery independent of weight loss.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2019
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  6. Bariatric surgery as a treatment for heart failure: review of the literature and potential mechanisms.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tammy L KindelDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA. tkindel@mcw.edu.
Tom FosterDepartment of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
Paul GoldspinkDepartment of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
Steven J KindelDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
John CorbettDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
Michael WidlanksyDepartment of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
Jennifer StrandeDepartment of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA.
Medical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001436 · NCATS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI FREED, JULIE K · 2015 to 2025
$47.5M
Developing nicorandil and companion biomarkers for DMD cardiomyopathy therapyR01HL134932 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI LAWLOR, MICHAEL WILLIAM · 2017 to 2020
$1.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001436NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134932
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSeveral reports suggest that bariatric surgery significantly improves cardiac function in patients with obesity cardiomyopathy. The mechanism is unknown but may be due to weight-loss independent factors. We predict that the changes in gastrointestinal anatomy after a rodent model of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) will have weight-loss independent effects on cardiac dysfunction. METHODOLOGY: Cardiac dysfunction was induced by feeding a 60% kcal from fat diet to male Wistar rats for 10 weeks. Rats underwent either a SG (n = 12) or pair-fed, PF (n = 8) sham surgery. Echocardiograms were performed pre- and post-operatively at 6 and 13 weeks. Blood samples were obtained at 10 weeks post-operatively for assessment of insulin sensitivity and heart failure.

resultsForty-four percent of SG rats had a normal ejection fraction (EF) at 13 weeks ("responders") compared to five SG rats who did not recover EF ("non-responders"). Zero percent of the PF rats normalized EF (p = 0.03). SG responders had a smaller left ventricular internal diameter in systole and end systolic volume with improved systolic function compared to SG non-responders (EF 90.7 ± 1.7 vs. 75.4 ± 3.6%, p = <0.001). At 10 weeks post-operatively, plasma glucose and B-type natriuretic peptide levels were significantly lower in SG rats compared to PF rats.

conclusionsA SG significantly improved systolic function in 44% of rats with diet-induced obesity and cardiac dysfunction. This improvement is related to weight-loss independent effects of the surgery on the entero-cardiac axis. These results offer a novel weight-loss independent, metabolic role for bariatric surgery as a potential treatment modality for obesity-associated cardiac dysfunction.

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AnimalsDiet, High-FatGastrectomyHeart DiseasesMaleObesityRatsRats, WistarTime FactorsWeight LossEchocardiogramEjection fractionHeart failureMetabolic surgeryObesity cardiomyopathy

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PMID28299572
PMCPMC5937684
OpenAlexW2603162079

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