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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Bariatric surgery is an effective strategy to improve blood-pressure (BP) control in patients who are obese, according to results from the
GATEWAY trial presented at the AHA Scientific Sessions 2017. In the nonblinded GATEWAY trial conducted at the Heart Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, investigators enrolled 100 patients with a
BMI of 30.0–39.9 kg/m2 and hypertension (using two or more antihypertensive drugs at maximum doses or more than two antihypertensive drugs at moderate doses). Patients were randomly assigned
to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass plus medical therapy or to medical therapy only. In total, 96% of patients completed follow-up (12 months). This is a preview of subscription content, access via
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subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support REFERENCES * Schiavon, C. A. _ et al_. Effects of bariatric surgery in obese patients with hypertension: the GATEWAY randomized trial
(Gastric Bypass to Treat Obese Patients With Steady Hypertension). _Circulation_ http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032130 (2017) Download references Authors * Gregory B. Lim View
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