Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The association between primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality is well known in symptomatic PHPT patients. Atherosclerosis is considered nowadays as an inflammatory process. Elevated serum levels of acute phase proteins, C-reactive protein (CRP) and the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF α), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), as well as insulin resistance, indicating chronic subclinical inflammati...