ea0081p52 | Calcium and Bone | ECE2022
Naciu Anda Mihaela
, Tabacco Gaia
, Piccirillo Francesco
, Mattia Viscusi Michele
, Di Tommaso Alfonso Maria
, Sterpetti Giulia
, Palermo Andrea
, Nusca Annunziata
Background: Clinical and molecular findings have shown that parathyroid hormone (PTH) affects the heart and vasculature through downstream actions of G protein-coupled receptors in the myocardium and endothelial cells. Furthermore, the endothelium is a recognised target tissue of PTH and there is an increasing body of evidence that PTH affects functional and structural properties of arteries. Patients with chronic post-surgical hypoparathyroidism (hypoPT) have higher incidence...