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Endocrinol Diabetes Metab. 2019 Jan 15;2(2):e00054. doi: 10.1002/edm2.54. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Aortic pulse wave velocity in children with Cushing syndrome: A window into a marker of early cardiovascular disease.

Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism

Hailey Blain, Ninet Sinaii, Deena Zeltser, Charalampos Lyssikatos, Elena Belyavskaya, Margaret Keil, David A Bluemke, Constantine Stratakis, Wiphada Patricia Bandettini, Maya Lodish

Affiliations

  1. Section on Endocrinology and Genetics Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health Bethesda Maryland.
  2. Bowdoin College Brunswick Maine.
  3. Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service NIH Clinical Center Bethesda Maryland.
  4. Radiology and Imaging Sciences National Institute of Health Clinical Center Bethesda Maryland.
  5. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison Wisconsin.
  6. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Bethesda Maryland.
  7. Department of Pediatrics University of California San Francisco California.

PMID: 31008362 PMCID: PMC6458483 DOI: 10.1002/edm2.54

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate early signs of cardiovascular arterial remodelling in paediatric patients with Cushing syndrome (CS) in comparison with normative values from healthy children.

STUDY DESIGN: The metrics used to assess cardiac health were from thoracic aorta and carotid MRI. Scans were performed on 18 children with CS (mean: 12.5 ± 3.1 years, range: 6.0-16.8 years, 10 female). Pulse wave velocity (PWV), aortic distensibility (AD) and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), well-validated measurements of cardiac compromise, were measured from the images and compared to normative age-matched values where available.

RESULTS: Patients with CS had significantly higher PWV compared to age-adjusted normal median control values (4.0 ± 0.7 m/s vs. 3.4 ± 0.2 m/s, respectively,

CONCLUSION: Pulse wave velocity data indicate that paediatric patients with CS have early evidence of cardiovascular remodelling. The results suggest the opportunity for monitoring as these changes begin in childhood.

Keywords: cardiology; heart disease; hypercortisolemia; paediatrics; pulse wave velocity

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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