ea0020p352 | Diabetes and Cardiovascular | ECE2009
Duarte Leone
, Silva-Nunes Jose
, Lopes Ana-Filipa
, Santos Cristina
, Coutinho Jose-Mario
, Botelho Maria-Manuel
, Albuquerque Antonio
, Malheiro Fernando
Background: Obesity is related to an increased cardiovascular risk, namely coronary heart disease risk (CHDr). Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is frequently associated with obesity and, by itself, is an important CHDr factor. Interventions that induce weight loss would be expected to attenuate CHDr in obese patients.Aims: To evaluate variation in cardiovascular risk profile one year after adjustable gastric banding (AGB), in obese patients (with and without T2D); ...