P01-024 – Vascular risk assessment and MMP-3 gene in FMF
Articles > Article · 2013
Authors: S Mir, B Sozeri, K Ozdemir, A Berdeli
Pediatric Rheumatology, International, WoS, 2013, vol 11
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-11-s1-a28
Summary
The patients characterized with chronic subclinical inflammation even during attack-free periods, are now considered to have an increased risk of atherosclerotic complications as well as other autoinflammatory disease. Damage to the arterial wall due to atherosclerosis causes increased arterial stiffness. Pulse wave velocity (PWV), a noninvasive measure of arterial stiffness, is accepted to be an indicator of subclinical atherosclerosis. Cardiovascular disease included various risk markers; blood biomarkers and genetic markers.