Abdominal aortic stiffness as a marker of atherosclerosis in childhood-onset asthma: a case-control study
Articles > Article · 2015
Authors: Zülal ÜLGER TUTAR, Figen GÜLEN, ARİF RUHİ ÖZYÜREK
CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2015, vol 26, pp 8-12
Summary
Background: Asthma is one of the chronic inflammatory diseases. It is known that chronic inflammation accelerates atherosclerosis. Abdominal aortic stiffness parameters can be used to detect the early development of atherosclerosis.