Increased Pulse Wave Velocity and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis


Akdogan R. A., Durakoglugil M. E., KOCAMAN S. A., Cicek Y., Durakoglugil T., ERGUL E., ...More

DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES, vol.58, no.8, pp.2293-2300, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 58 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s10620-013-2634-9
  • Journal Name: DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2293-2300
  • Keywords: Atherosclerosis, Arterial stiffness, Carotid intima-media thickness, Pulse wave velocity, Ulcerative colitis, INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE, SYSTEMIC-LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION, CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS, RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, ARTERIAL STIFFNESS, AORTIC STIFFNESS, SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS, CLINICAL-PRACTICE
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized with chronic, progressive inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The association of UC with cardiovascular disease is still a matter of debate.