Evaluation of arterial stiffness and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with Behçet's disease without cardiovascular involvement

• Main Authors: Alp Yıldırım (Author), Mustafa Serkan Karakaş (Author), Ali Yaşar Kılınç (Author), Refik Emre Altekin (Author), Ali Selim Yalçınkaya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate arterial structure and function with assessment of pulse wave velocity (PWV) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in patients with Behçet's disease (BD).
 Methods: Thirty patients (13 female, 17 male) with BD and 30 age, sex-matched healthy...