Caliskan M et al. - Endothelial and coronary microvascular functions are compromised in Behcet's disease (BD) patients without vascular involvement as remarkably as that in patients with vascular involvement. Methods
Carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT), brachial artery flow mediated dilation (FMD), and coronary flow reserve (CFR) were measured
Participants: 38 BD pts w/o vascular involvement, 15 BD pts with vascular involvement, and 35 control subjects
Results
BD pts with and w/o vascular involvement were similar regarding carotid IMT and brachial FMD
CFR values were significantly impaired in BD pts compared to the controls
BD pts with and w/o vascular involvement were similar regarding CFR
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