The Relationship Between Morbid Obesity and Carotid Artery Stenosis

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Morbid Obesity; Metabolic Syndrome; Carotid Artery Diseases

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound Duplex

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03306771

0126-17-EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The correlation between metabolic syndrome and carotid artery stenosis is well established. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between morbid obesity and carotid artery stenosis.

Full description

The investigators hypothesis is that there is a direct relationship between morbid obesity and carotid artery stenosis. The investigators hypothesize that metabolic/Bariatric surgery improves the stenosis in the carotid artery.

This is a prospective comparative study on the candidates for metabolic/Bariatric surgery in the bariatric center, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel. The investigators will compare the candidate for metabolic surgery with metabolic syndrome risk factors to the ones without metabolic syndrome risk factors.

The assessment of the carotid artery will be done by Ultrasound Doppler before surgery and 6, 12 and 24 month post surgery.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Candidates for first bariatric surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Smokers or past smokers
• Patients who are post carotid artery intervention

Trial design

30 participants in 2 patient groups

Metabolic syndrome risk factors

Description:

Candidates for bariatric surgery who have metabolic syndrome risk factors will be evaluated by Ultrasound duplex before the bariatric surgery and 6,12 and 24 months post surgery for Intimal-Media Thickness and Carotid artery velocity

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound Duplex

No metabolic Syndrome risk factors

Description:

Candidates for bariatric surgery who lack metabolic syndrome risk factors will be evaluated by Ultrasound duplex before the bariatric surgery and 6,12 and 24 months post surgery for Intimal-Media Thickness and Carotid artery velocity

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound Duplex