Carotid artery stiffness in Behçet's disease

dc.contributor.authorYolbaş, Servet
dc.contributor.authorGözel, Nevzat
dc.contributor.authorDağlı, Mustafa Necati
dc.contributor.authorKoca, Süleyman Serdar
dc.contributor.authorDönder, Emir
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T19:51:22Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T19:51:22Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: Increased carotid arterial stiffness (CAS) is a predictor of subclinical early atherosclerosis as well as carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT). We aimed to determine CAS and cIMT in Behçet's disease (BD).Material and Methods: BD (n=49) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n=64) patients and healthy controls (HC) (n=40) were included in the study. cIMT was measured. CAS indices, including arterial compliance (AC), arterial distensibility (AD), Young's elastic modulus (YEM), Peterson's elastic modulus (Ep), and ? stiffness index (?SI) were measured based on the diameter-pressure relationship.Results: When compared to the HC group, the mean cIMT was significantly higher in the RA group (p=0.033), but it was not higher in the BD group. The CAS indices, including AD, AC, Ep, and ?SI were not significantly different among the study groups. Moreover, the cIMT and CAS indices were not significantly different between active (n=20) and inactive BD patients, and these indices were not correlated with the scores of disease activity. AD, AC and Ep were significantly lower in the BD patients with a positive pathergy reaction than in those with a negative reaction.Conclusion: These results suggest that BD does not directly lead to arterial stiffness or to an increase in cIMT.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage126en_US
dc.identifier.issn2147-9720
dc.identifier.issn2148-4279
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage122en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid223210en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/223210
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/88921
dc.identifier.volume4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Rheumatologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titleCarotid artery stiffness in Behçet's diseaseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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