Influence of Morbid Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Impact on the Carotid Adventitial Vasa Vasorum Signal

Introduction/Purpose Adventitial vasa vasorum (VV) expansion to the avascular intima precedes an increase in carotid intima-media thickness. However, factors involved in the development of the atherosclerotic process and its reversibility remain unclear. We aimed to evaluate the VV signal in both morbid obesity and after bariatric surgery (BS).