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Editorial
. 2022 Apr 19;79(15):1438-1440.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.048.

Bariatric Surgery and Cardiovascular Outcomes: What Can We Learn From More Representative Cohorts?

Tiffany M Powell-Wiley  1 , Foster Osei Baah  2 , Keitra Thompson  3
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Editorial

Bariatric Surgery and Cardiovascular Outcomes: What Can We Learn From More Representative Cohorts?

Tiffany M Powell-Wiley et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: bariatric surgery; cardiovascular outcomes; obesity.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding Support and Author Disclosures Drs Powell-Wiley, Osei Baah, and Thompson are funded by the Division of Intramural Research of the National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Dr Powell-Wiley is funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Dr Thompson is a graduate student in the National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program. The views expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institutes of Health; the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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