Relationship between serum homocysteine levels and structural-functional carotid arterial abnormalities in inactive Behçet's disease.

ÖZDEMİR R., Yagmur J., Acikgoz N., CANSEL M., Karincaoglu Y., ERMİŞ N., ...More

Kardiologia polska, vol.76, no.2, pp.413-417, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 76 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5603/kp.a2017.0227
  • Journal Name: Kardiologia polska
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.413-417
  • Keywords: Behcet's disease, arterial distensibility, homocysteine, INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS, CARDIOVASCULAR INVOLVEMENT, ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION, DISTENSIBILITY, STIFFNESS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, MARKERS
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic autoimmune disorder with symptoms manifesting from an underlying vasculitis. Since the disease activity is correlated with characteristic vascular endothelial dysfunction, BD places individuals at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis. Hyperhomocysteinaemia is an independent risk factor for arteriosclerotic vascular diseases.