Peer-reviewedCC BYJournal of clinical medicine26 Sep 2026

Anti-Obesity Medications Versus Metabolic Bariatric Surgery as Pathways to Heart Transplant Eligibility in LVAD-Supported Patients: A Narrative Review

Noah Sicouri¹
Vanesa Brecher²
Vasiliki Androutsopoulou³
Maximiliano Brizzio²
Prokopis-Andreas Zotos³
Massimo Baudo²
Serge Sicouri²

¹Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA;
²Department of Cardiac Surgery Research, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA; (V.B.); (M.B.); (M.B.)
³Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41110 Larissa, Greece; (V.A.); (P.-A.Z.)

Evaluating the 2023 safety-net kidney policy: Eligibility and outcomes of heart transplant recipients in the United States.
Hedwig Zappacosta, Malini Daniel, Natalie Tan +4
JTCVS open21 Sep 2026Peer-reviewedCC BYFull textSurgery & anaesthesiaEurope PMCPMC
Tirzepatide for Weight Recurrence After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Critical Review of Direct and Indirect Evidence with Emphasis on Sleeve Gastrectomy, Nutritional Safety, and Clinical Implications
Karolina Ciołkosz, Ewelina Polak-Szczybyło
Nutrients23 Sep 2026Peer-reviewedCC BYFull textNutritionEurope PMC
Additive effects of metformin on glucose homeostasis after metabolic-bariatric surgery in nonobese insulin-deficient diabetic rats
Mélanie Hirlemann, Mélanie Garmon, Lara Ribeiro-Parenti +6
AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism1 Oct 2026Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-NDSurgery & anaesthesiaHAL
Hepatic metabolic reprogramming after metabolic and bariatric surgery: Gene-nutrition interactions and precision nutrition
Claudia Reytor-González, Náthaly Mercedes Román-Galeano, Dolores Jima Gavilanes +5
Obesity Pillars15 Oct 2026Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-ND 4.0Full textSurgery & anaesthesiaPMCEurope PMC
An updated systematic review, meta-analysis, and network meta-analysis of breast cancer incidence after metabolic and bariatric surgery
Sebastian Mitchell, Ryan Gidda, James Lucocq +8
Scientific Reports1 Jul 2026Peer-reviewedCC BYFull text1 citedSurgery & anaesthesiaDOAJ

Cite

BibTeX

@article{sicouri2026antiobesity,
  title = {{Anti-Obesity Medications Versus Metabolic Bariatric Surgery as Pathways to Heart Transplant Eligibility in LVAD-Supported Patients: A Narrative Review}},
  author = {Noah Sicouri and Vanesa Brecher and Vasiliki Androutsopoulou and Maximiliano Brizzio and Prokopis-Andreas Zotos and Massimo Baudo and Serge Sicouri},
  journal = {Journal of clinical medicine},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13665862},
  note = {CC BY},
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Anti-Obesity Medications Versus Metabolic Bariatric Surgery as Pathways to Heart Transplant Eligibility in LVAD-Supported Patients: A Narrative Review
AU  - Noah Sicouri
AU  - Vanesa Brecher
AU  - Vasiliki Androutsopoulou
AU  - Maximiliano Brizzio
AU  - Prokopis-Andreas Zotos
AU  - Massimo Baudo
AU  - Serge Sicouri
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/26
JO  - Journal of clinical medicine
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13665862
SN  - 2077-0383
ER  -

Related

Cite