Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on heart transplant recipient with body mass index of 34 kg/m2 and metabolic syndrome

Feasibility and outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy after solid organ transplantation

“…McCloskey et al [40] found significant improvement in the cardiac functions of morbidly obese patients with severe cardiomyopathies following bariatric surgery. A few case reports demonstrated improvement in quality of life in cardiac transplant recipients following gastric bypass [41] and LSG [42], but they did not report improvement in cardiac function. Larger cohorts are needed to better determine the efficacy of bariatric surgery in the postcardiac transplantation population.…”