Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is associated with increased risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease and this appears to decrease with time after parathyroidectomy. However, data on hyperparathyroid patients are conflicting and there is no data regarding secondary hyperparathyroid patients. Our aim in this study was to determine the association between flow-mediated dilatation (endothelium dependent, FMD), nitroglycerine-induced dilatation (endothelium i...