In this episode Dr. Austin Robinson is leading our discussion of a paper entitled, “Bariatric Surgery-Induced Changes in Intima-Media Thickness and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Class 3 Obesity: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study”. This paper was published in the journal of Obesity this August and continues our discussion of the many beneficial effects of bariatric surgery. Along with this episode we will also be posting a discussion with one of our colleagues at UIC Dr. Rich Severn. Rich is a DPT and PhD candidate at UIC whom we all worked with when we were at UIC. Be sure to catch our discussion with him on the awesome work he and his mentor Shane Phillips have done in collaboration with a bariatric surgery group at UIC examining the microvascular benefits of bariatric surgery.

Main article DOI: 10.1002/oby.22905

DOIs for other relevant references:

Arteriole Function in Obese Visceral Adipose (Boston Med) - DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.235846

Arteriole Function in Obese Visceral Adipose (Shane Philips UIC) - DOI: 10.1111/micc.12164

NO Dependent Dilation and FMD -DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.8

Time Stamps

Episode Introduction 00:00:00 – 00:02:00

Catching Up 00:02:00 – 00:13:24

Austin’s Previous Work with Microvessels from Adipose Biopsies 00:13:24 – 00:26:19

Potential Consequences of Poor Adipose Vascular Function 00:26:19 – 00:31:42

Manuscript Introduction and Methods 00:31:42 – 00:42:17

Framingham Score and Study 00:42:17 – 00:45:13

Study Design 00:45:13 – 00:54:04

Results (Table 1) 00:54:04 – 00:58:29

Results (Table 2) 00:58:29 – 01:04:24

Results (Figure 1) 01:04:24 – 01:11:18

Results (Figure 2) 01:11:18 – 01:13:33

Results (Table 3) 01:13:33 – 01:14:33

Discussion/Main Take Away 01:14:33 – 01:24:51

Closing Remarks 01:24:51 – End