Assessment of arterial stiffness and epicardial adipose tissue thickness in predicting the subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

CONCLUSIONS: EATT and PWV, markers of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, were significantly higher in patients with AS than the control group. In addition, in this study, it has been shown that there is a significant relationship between PWV and EATT in patients with AS. PMID: 33028113 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clinical and Experimental Hypertension - October 8, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Demir K, Avcı A, Ergulu Esmen S, Tuncez A, Yalcın MU, Yılmaz A, Yılmaz S, Altunkeser BB Tags: Clin Exp Hypertens Source Type: research