Coexistence of bone and vascular disturbances in patients with endogenous glucocorticoid excess

CONCLUSION: In endogenous glucocorticoid excess, bone and vascular diseases frequently coexisted, and deteriorated bone quality, not bone loss, was related to arterial stiffness. Thus, glucocorticoid excess may perturb the bone-vascular axis.PMID:36035657 | PMC:PMC9398912 | DOI:10.1016/j.bonr.2022.101610

Source: Atherosclerosis - August 29, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chieko Yano Maki Yokomoto-Umakoshi Masamichi Fujita Hironobu Umakoshi Seiichi Yano Norifusa Iwahashi Shunsuke Katsuhara Hiroki Kaneko Masatoshi Ogata Tazuru Fukumoto Eriko Terada Yayoi Matsuda Ryuichi Sakamoto Yoshihiro Ogawa Source Type: research