Increased arterial rigidity in children affected by Cushings syndrome after successful surgical cure

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 610-614

  Bassareo, Pier Paolo ^a   Marras, Andrea Raffaele ^a   Pasqualucci, Daniele ^a   Mercuro, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; hypertension; prognostic tests; Qkd interval

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE;

EID: 78649916484     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110000727     Document Type: Article

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