2019
Cardiac Risk Factor Improvement Following Bariatric Surgery
Kitamura R, Morton J, Eisenberg D. Cardiac Risk Factor Improvement Following Bariatric Surgery. 2019, 519-526. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27021-6_46.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery diseaseCardiovascular diseaseBariatric surgeryObese populationWeight lossCholesterol-lowering medicationsIntentional weight lossWeight loss surgeryRisk factor improvementsTreatment of obesityCause of deathSignificant weight lossMarkers of diseaseArtery diseaseBlood pressureCAD riskAsymptomatic populationCessation effortsHeart diseaseRisk factorsPredictive valueAdult menStrong dataDiseaseSurgery
2017
Multi-modality surgical treatment for an increasingly common patient with morbid obesity and papillary thyroid carcinoma
Ichter ZA, Parthasarathy M, Morton JM. Multi-modality surgical treatment for an increasingly common patient with morbid obesity and papillary thyroid carcinoma. Journal Of Surgical Case Reports 2017, 2017: rjw200. PMID: 28603603, PMCID: PMC5460003, DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjw200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGastric bypass surgeryCoronary artery diseasePapillary thyroid cancerProgression of diseasePapillary thyroid carcinomaMajority of casesMorbid obesityBypass surgeryMetastatic diseaseSurgical resectionArtery diseaseSurgical treatmentPostoperative carePatient presentsThyroid cancerCommon patientsRadiation therapyThyroid carcinomaTherapeutic radiationNew diagnosisHealth disordersPhysicians faceDiseaseObesityPatients
2014
Cardiac Risk Factor Improvement Following Bariatric Surgery
Eisenberg D, Morton J. Cardiac Risk Factor Improvement Following Bariatric Surgery. 2014, 383-390. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1206-3_34.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiovascular diseaseBariatric surgeryObese populationWeight lossCholesterol-lowering medicationsIntentional weight lossWeight loss surgeryCoronary artery diseaseRisk factor improvementsTreatment of obesityCause of deathSignificant weight lossMarkers of diseaseArtery diseaseBlood pressureCAD riskAsymptomatic populationCessation effortsHeart diseaseRisk factorsPredictive valueAdult menStrong dataDiseaseSurgery
2011
B-type natriuretic peptide increases after gastric bypass surgery and correlates with weight loss
Changchien EM, Ahmed S, Betti F, Higa J, Kiely K, Hernandez-Boussard T, Morton J. B-type natriuretic peptide increases after gastric bypass surgery and correlates with weight loss. Surgical Endoscopy 2011, 25: 2338. PMID: 21424205, DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1565-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB-type natriuretic peptideGastric bypass surgeryExcess weight lossBypass surgeryWeight lossBNP concentrationsRisk factorsConcentrations of BNPB-type natriuretic peptide increasesLaparoscopic gastric bypass surgerySignificant excess weight lossBackgroundCoronary artery diseaseMean preoperative levelCardiac risk factorsPreventable risk factorsCongestive heart failureIntentional weight lossNatriuretic peptide concentrationsMultivariable linear regressionBNP increaseConclusionGastric bypassGastric bypassPostoperative levelsPreoperative levelsArtery disease