Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cushing’s disease (CD) is associated with persistent risk of cardiovascular complications, which were found to be four times higher than in age- and sex-matched population. The main cause is cardiovascular disease with thrombotic complications due to the activation of changes in haemostatic and fibrinolytic system with high level of cortisol secretion.Objective: To study hemostatic and fibrinolytic state in patients with CD.<p clas...

Introduction: Chronic endogenous hypercortisolism is characterized by abdominal obesity, systemic arterial hypertension, glucose and lipid abnormalities, insulin resistance, osteoporosis. This syndrome also has features of hypercoagulation. The mortality rate in patients with active Cushing’s disease (CD) is four times higher than in age- and sex- matched population. The main cause is cardiovascular disease with thrombotic complications.Objective: T...