Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as the Cardiometabolic Risk Indicator in Patients with Nonfunctional Adrenal Mass and Metabolic Syndrome Screening

EVRAN M., AKKUŞ G., BOZDOGAN I. B., GÖK M., DENİZ A., SERT M., ...More

MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR, vol.22, pp.991-997, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.12659/msm.897714
  • Journal Name: MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.991-997
  • Keywords: Adrenocortical Adenoma, Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, Metabolic Syndrome X, SUBCLINICAL CUSHINGS, INCIDENTALOMAS, SENSITIVITY
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Our purpose was to show the association of adrenal incidentaloma and metabolic syndrome in consideration of the studies and to detect the increase in the carotid intima-media thickness which is regarded as the precessor of atherosclerosis.