Endocrine Abstracts

After thyroidectomy (Tx) and RAI therapy, patients with diffentiated thyroid cancer are treated with levo-thyroxine to suppress TSH levels. Whether hyperthyroxinemia causes osteoporosis is debated. The aim of this study was to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) and the fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) in DTC women. FRAX calculates the 10-year probability of hip fracture (HF) and major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) in subjects aged >40. 46 women with DTC diagnosed and tr...

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) is associated with increased rates of cardiovascular (CV) risk. Moreover, it is not fully clear whether surgery can attenuate CV risk. The intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid vessels is considered a marker of atherosclerosis and CV events.Aim: Of the study was to evaluate IMT and some metabolic parameters in PHP patients.Subjects: Of 56 subjects were studied. Patients were divided i...

GH deficiency (GHD) negatively influences cardiovascular function directly by impairing cardiac filling, performance, and contractility and indirectly by inducing atherosclerotic changes, hypercoagulability, abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, dislipidemia, endothelial dysfunction, etc. This accounts for the reduced life expectancy and increased risk of death for vascular disease in these patients.CFR represents the capacity of the coronary circulatio...