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High prevalence of coronary artery calcification and increased risk for coronary artery disease in patients with Sheehan syndrome-A case-control study.

Authors :
Laway BA
Rasool A
Baba MS
Misgar RA
Bashir MI
Wani AI
Choh N
Shah O
Lone A
Shah Z
Source :
Clinical endocrinology [Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)] 2023 Mar; Vol. 98 (3), pp. 375-382. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 30.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Objective: Patients with Sheehan syndrome (SS) are predisposed to coronary artery disease (CAD) due to risk factors like abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia and chronic inflammation. In addition to estimate CAD risk enhancers like high sensitive C reactive protein (hsCRP), apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and lipoprotein A [Lp(a)], this study applies Framingham risk score (FRS) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to compute a 10-year probability of cardiovascular (CV) events in SS patients.<br />Design: Case-control study Sixty-three SS patients, on a stable hormonal replacement treatment except for growth hormone and 65 age, body mass index and parity-matched controls.<br />Measurements: Measurement of serum hsCRP, ApoB and Lp(a) and estimation of CAC with 16-row multislice computed tomography scanner.<br />Results: The concentrations of hsCRP, ApoB and Lp(a) were significantly higher in SS patients than in controls (p < .01). After calculating FRS, 95.2% of SS patients were classified as low risk, 4.8% as intermediate risk and all controls were classified as low risk for probable CV events. CAC was detected in 50.7% SS patients and 7.6% controls (p = .006). According to the CAC score, 26.9% SS patients were classified as at risk (CAC > 10) for incident CV events as against 1.6% controls. The mean Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) score was significantly higher in patients with SS than controls. CAC corelated significantly with fasting blood glucose (r = .316), ApoB (r = .549), LP(a) (r = .310) and FRS (r = .294).<br />Conclusion: Significant number of asymptomatic SS patients have high coronary artery calcium score and are classified at risk for CAD.<br /> (© 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1365-2265
Volume :
98
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Clinical endocrinology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
36567411
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.14871