Parathyroidectomy in asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism reduces carotid intima-media thickness and arterial stiffness.

Güven Barış CansuNusret YılmazSebahat ÖzdemMustafa Kemal BalcıGültekin SüleymanlarCumhur ArıcıAdil BozRamazan SarıHasan Ali Altunbaş

Published in: Clinical endocrinology (2015)

Parathyroidectomy leads to an improvement in the structural and functional impairment associated with atherosclerosis in the vascular wall in asymptomatic hypercalcaemic PHPT patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
cardiovascular disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
optical coherence tomography