Gastric bypass heart disease may prevent in Teens: study (HealthDay)

adults who carry out Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery view improving the biochemical cardiac risk factors, but teens, who have the procedure may be even greater heart health benefits, fixed according to new research.

In Roux-en-Y, surgery, a very common surgical connections around the intestines help stomach bypass procedures stomach reduce capacity and avoid food part of the small intestine.

The new study, planned for Monday presentation at the Conference digestive disease week in Chicago, analyzes 99 adults and young people 33, at the age of 14 to 18. All patients were laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass between 2004 and 2010.

At least half of the participants already high blood pressure, cholesterol and obstructive sleep apnea surgery increased according to researchers from Stanford University section bariatric surgery.

A year after the operation, significant improvement in total cholesterol, triglycerides (a blood fat) and homocysteine showed however, adults and young people levels (a blood protein, the heart risk can signal).

The researchers mention, however, that after the operation even more improvement than the adults in high density lipoprotein ("good") cholesterol showed studied young people. The young people fasting insulin-a marker of diabetes risk-fell after a year to more than 400 percent.

"The findings suggest that gastric bypass for certain obese teenager down the street can improve the health-related quality of life." With the emerging prove the early heart disease begins, we need something for these young people now, before a point of no return, "Dr. John Morton, Director of bariatric surgery at Stanford Hospital & clinics, said in a press release from the session sponsor", the American Gastroenterological Association.

Authors the study indicating that gastric bypass surgery is not the only treatment for obesity. "Clearly, this surgery is not for all obese young people, and it should be done only in centres with qualified, experienced surgeon," Morton added.

Apply provisional presented results at the meetings, as they not the strict peer review of the data in renowned journals published have been subjected to.

More information

There is more to obesity in teenagers at the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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