Increased arterial stiffness – similar findings in patients with inflammatory bowel disease without prior hypertension or diabetes and in patients with well-controlled hypertension

Increased arterial stiffness – similar findings in patients with inflammatory bowel disease without prior hypertension or diabetes and in patients with well-controlled hypertension

Purpose: Chronic inflammatory diseases are related with earlier onset of atherosclerosis. We hypothesized that inflammatory bowel disease patients with chronic, systemic inflammation have an increased arterial stiffness associated with the disease duration. Also, we wanted to compare arterial stiffn...

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Main Authors: Radovan Prijić, Vedran Premužić, Marko Brinar, Željko Krznarić, Bojan Jelaković, Silvija Čuković-Čavka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-07-01
Series:Blood Pressure
Subjects:
inflammatory bowel disease
arterial stiffness
arterial hypertension
vascular aging
chronic inflammation
pulse wave velocity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2018.1476055

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2018.1476055

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