Increased thickness of the carotid artery intima-media assessed by ultrasonography in Behcet's disease
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2005
Yazarlar: Gökhan KESER, Kenan AKSU, Sadık TAMSEL, M OZMEN, Gül KİTAPÇIOĞLU, Ceyda KABAROĞLU, R KILLI, O BAYINDIR, E DOGANAVSARGIL
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2005, cilt 23
Özet
Objective. Behcet's disease (BD), is a unique systemic vasculitis, which affects almost all types and sizes of blood vessels. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is an endothelial cell dysfunction (ECD) parameter which may also be associated with atherosclerosis. We aimed to search carotid IMT and plaque formation in BD, using high-resolution B-mode Doppler ultrasonography (USG).