Aortic Intima Media Thickness is Increased and Closely Related to Elevated Oxidative Stress Increases in Beta Thalassemia Minor.
Cansu TumerTayyibe SalerMuhammed Zubeyir AslanAyşe Selcan KoçMevlüt KocOzcan ErelSalim NeşelioğluErdinç GülümsekBegum Seyda AvciAkkan AvciHilmi Erdem SumbulPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2022)
We demonstrated, for the first time, that oxidative stress status increased with increased A-IMT, while C-IMT remained unchanged in beta-thalassemia minor patients.
Keyphrases
- oxidative stress
- end stage renal disease
- dna damage
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- aortic valve
- diabetic rats
- sickle cell disease
- optical coherence tomography
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- cardiovascular risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- signaling pathway
- pulmonary hypertension