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Kristjan Karason
Researcher at Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Publications - 118
Citations - 11727
Kristjan Karason is an academic researcher from Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heart failure & Heart transplantation. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 103 publications receiving 10413 citations. Previous affiliations of Kristjan Karason include University of Gothenburg.
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Effects of bariatric surgery on mortality in Swedish obese subjects.
Lars Sjöström,Kristina Narbro,C. David Sjöström,Kristjan Karason,B Larsson,Hans Wedel,Theodore Lystig,Marianne Sullivan,Claude Bouchard,Björn Carlsson,Calle Bengtsson,Sven Dahlgren,Anders Gummesson,Peter Jacobson,Jan Karlsson,Anna Karin Lindroos,Hans Lönroth,Ingmar Näslund,Torsten Olbers,Kaj Stenlöf,Jarl S Torgerson,Göran Ågren,Lena M. S. Carlsson +22 more
TL;DR: Bariatric surgery for severe obesity is associated with long-term weight loss and decreased overall mortality.
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Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Cardiovascular Events
Lars Sjöström,Markku Peltonen,Peter Jacobson,C. David Sjöström,Kristjan Karason,Hans Wedel,Sofie Ahlin,Åsa Anveden,Calle Bengtsson,Gerd Bergmark,Claude Bouchard,Björn Carlsson,Sven Dahlgren,Jan Karlsson,Anna Karin Lindroos,Hans Lönroth,Kristina Narbro,Ingmar Näslund,Torsten Olbers,Per-Arne Svensson,Lena M. S. Carlsson +20 more
TL;DR: The Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study as discussed by the authors was conducted at 25 public surgical departments and 480 primary health care centers in Sweden of 2010 obese participants who underwent bariatric surgery and 2037 contemporaneously matched obese controls who received usual care.
Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Cardiovascular Events
Lars Sjöström,Markku Peltonen,Peter Jacobson,C. David Sjöström,Kristjan Karason,Hans Wedel,Sofie Ahlin,Åsa Anveden,Calle Bengtsson,Gerd Bergmark,Claude Bouchard,Björn Carlsson,Sven Dahlgren,Jan Karlsson,Anna Karin Lindroos,Hans Lönroth,Kristina Narbro,Ingmar Näslund,Torsten Olbers,Per-Arne Svensson,Lena M. S. Carlsson +20 more
TL;DR: Compared with usual care, bariatric surgery was associated with reduced number of cardiovascular deaths and lower incidence of cardiovascular events in obese adults.
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Association of Bariatric Surgery With Long-term Remission of Type 2 Diabetes and With Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications
Lars Sjöström,Markku Peltonen,Peter Jacobson,Sofie Ahlin,Johanna C. Andersson-Assarsson,Åsa Anveden,Claude Bouchard,Björn Carlsson,Kristjan Karason,Hans Lönroth,Ingmar Näslund,Elisabeth Sjostrom,Magdalena Taube,Hans Wedel,Per-Arne Svensson,Kajsa Sjöholm,Lena M. S. Carlsson +16 more
TL;DR: In this very long-term follow-up observational study of obese patients with type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery was associated with more frequent diabetes remission and fewer complications than usual care.
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Effects of bariatric surgery on cancer incidence in obese patients in Sweden (Swedish Obese Subjects Study): a prospective, controlled intervention trial
Lars Sjöström,Lars Sjöström,Anders Gummesson,C. David Sjöström,Kristina Narbro,Markku Peltonen,Hans Wedel,Calle Bengtsson,Claude Bouchard,Björn Carlsson,Sven Dahlgren,Peter Jacobson,Kristjan Karason,Jan Karlsson,B Larsson,A K Lindroos,Hans Lönroth,Ingmar Näslund,Torsten Olbers,Kaj Stenlöf,Jarl S Torgerson,Lena M. S. Carlsson +21 more
TL;DR: Bariatric surgery was associated with reduced cancer incidence in obese women but not in obese men, and after exclusion of all cancer cases during the first 3 years of the intervention.