Open AccessUtility of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as an Auxiliary Vascular Parameter of Structural Alteration in Ulcerative Colitis
Author(s) -
Harit Goverdhan Kothari,
Sudhir Jagdishprasad Gupta,
Nitin Gaikwad
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
inflammatory intestinal diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-9403
pISSN - 2296-9365
DOI - 10.1159/000499199
Subject(s) - ulcerative colitis , intima media thickness , carotid arteries , medicine , pathology , cardiology , disease
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by chronic relapsing-remitting inammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The chronic inammatory process may predispose to atherosclerosis. The aim of the study was to assess the carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and its relation to subclinical atherosclerosis and to follow up cardiovascular complications in patients with UC.