Coronary Inflammation by Computed Tomography Pericoronary Fat Attenuation and Increased Cytokines in Young Male Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Users.
Francis Ribeiro de SouzaCarlos Eduardo RochitteDouglas Carli SilvaBarbara SampaioMarisa PassarelliMarcelo R Dos SantosGuilherme W FonsecaAntonio Carlos Battaglia FilhoKelly CorreaRenata Margarida do ValMaurício YonamineRosa Maria R PereiraCarlos Eduardo NegrãoRoberto Kalil-FilhoMaria Janieire de Nazaré Nunes AlvesPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2023)
Compared with ASSNU and controls, AASU have higher mPFA and higher systemic inflammatory cytokines profile suggesting that AAS may induce coronary atherosclerosis through coronary and systemic inflammation.