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ea0011p544 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006

Carotid arterial intima-media thickness (IMT), a marker of atherosclerosis, does not differ in patients with acromegaly compared to healthy controls

Paisley AN , Lawrance JAL , Murray R , Shalet SM , Trainer PJ

Without adequate treatment patients with acromegaly die prematurely from cardiovascular disease (CVD); however the contribution of atherosclerosis in this process is controversial. Increased carotid IMT is an early morphological marker of atherosclerosis and predictor of subsequent cardiovascular events. Contradictory data exist regarding IMT in patients with acromegaly.We measured carotid IMT in 79 patients with acromegaly (47 male, mean age 55±14 ...
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Endocrine Abstracts
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