The risk of cardiovascular comorbidity in children with Behçet's disease

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OBJECTIVE: Patients with Behcet disease (BD) may experience long term morbidity caused by different forms of cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to assess the risk for cardiovascular comorbidity in pediatric BD patients with and without vascular involvement, independent of the contribution of traditional risk factors.

METHODS: Pediatric patients classified as BD according to the 2015 International Pediatric BD criteria were included in the study. Twenty-four-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), transthoracic echocardiography, and carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) measurements were performed. Patients with an active disease and have other known risk factors for cardiovascular disease were not included in the study.

RESULTS: Thirty-one children and adolescents with pediatric BD (16 female, 51.6%; F/M: 1.06) were enrolled in the study. Among all BD patients 10 patients (34.4%) had abnormal ABPM. Carotid IMT values, mean arterial pressure, systolic and diastolic blood pressure by ABPM and the prevalence of abnormal ABPM, non-dipping, and ambulatory hypertension were similar between patients with and without vascular involvement. The echocardiography measurements showed that BD patients with vascular involvement had significantly higher velocity and velocity time integral of the left ventricle outflow tract which may point out increased stiffness of the aorta.

CONCLUSION: Pediatric BD patients with vascular involvement may tend to have more cardiovascular risk factors. However, cardiovascular assessment should be considered in all BD patients regardless of the involved systems. We suggest that ABPM may accurately define hypertension and cardiovascular risk in BD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - (2023) vom: 03. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Demir, Selcan [VerfasserIn]
Duzova, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Karagoz, Tevfik [VerfasserIn]
Oguz, Berna [VerfasserIn]
Aykan, Hayrettin Hakan [VerfasserIn]
Satirer, Ozlem [VerfasserIn]
Sag, Erdal [VerfasserIn]
Ozen, Seza [VerfasserIn]
Bilginer, Yelda [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ABPM
Arterial stiffness
Cardiovascular comorbidity
Hypertension
Intima media thickness
Journal Article
Pediatric Behçet’s Disease
Premature atherosclerosis
Transthoracic Echocardiography
Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

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Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/kead505

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NLM362818797