https://doi.org/10.4081/uij.2019.214

Atherosclerosis in patients with endometriosis

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2019)
Submitted: 9 February 2018
Accepted: 21 March 2019
Published: 3 May 2019
Endometriosis, Atherosclerosis, Intima-media thickness
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Amir Hassan Habibi
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Elham Alizadeh
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Neda Hashemi
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Saeed Razmeh
srazmeh@yahoo.com
Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Setareh Siah Mansuri
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Zahra Ghurchian
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Amir Hassan Rezaee
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.

Endometriosis refers to endometrial tissue implantation including stromal and epithelial tissue outside the uterus. It is an often painful disorder that involves the ovaries and fallopian tubes. The association between endometriosis and atherosclerosis is interesting. The present study was conducted to assess the Doppler findings of the carotid artery in patients with and without endometriosis. In this study that included 30 patients with endometriosis and 30 control subjects, all patients underwent carotid ultrasonography, and the measurement of intima-media thickness (IMT) was done in the distal common carotid artery, proximal to the origin of the carotid bulb, and finally, we compare the IMT in two groups. This study revealed that there are no differences in the IMT between patients with and without Endometriosis.

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Habibi, A. H., Alizadeh, E., Hashemi, N., Razmeh, S., Siah Mansuri, S., Ghurchian, Z., & Rezaee, A. H. (2019). Atherosclerosis in patients with endometriosis. Urogynaecologia, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/uij.2019.214

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