Abdominal aortic calcification in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: does anti-tumor necrosis factor α use protect from chronic inflammation-induced atherosclerosis?

Abdominal aortic calcification in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: does anti-tumor necrosis factor α use protect from chronic inflammation-induced atherosclerosis?

Background/Aims Abdominal aortic calcium (AAC) deposition has been suggested as a marker of early atherosclerosis. There is no published data on the evaluation of AAC in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Methods AAC was quantified by computed tomography or enterography scans performed in 98 IBD pati...

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Main Authors: Aikaterini Mantaka, Nikolaos Galanakis, Dimitrios Tsetis, Ioannis E. Koutroubakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases 2022-10-01
Series:Intestinal Research
Subjects:
abdominal aortic calcium
atherosclerosis
tumor necrosis factor-alpha
crohn disease
colitis, ulcerative
Online Access:http://irjournal.org/upload/pdf/ir-2022-00017.pdf

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