Open AccessCushing`s disease: Fibrinogen and D-dimer levels fail to normalize despite early postoperative remission — a prospective, controlled study
Author(s) -
Przemysław Witek,
Grzegorz Zieliński,
Katarzyna Szamotulska,
Joanna Witek,
Grzegorz Kamiński
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
endokrynologia polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.413
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2299-8306
pISSN - 0423-104X
DOI - 10.5603/ep.a2016.0034
Subject(s) - fibrinogen , medicine , d dimer , gastroenterology , prospective cohort study , endocrinology , surgery
Effective transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) for Cushing`s disease (CD) normalizes cortisol levels and reduces complications of hypercortisolism. However, there is evidence of increased cardiovascular morbidity even after successful surgery.
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