Coronary artery disease and its vascular associates in patients with chronic nonsurgical hypoparathyroidism.

Objective: Patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism (cHypoPT) are prone to intracranial-calcification, cataract and nephrocalcinosis. In this study, we systematically investigated the possibility of increased coronary artery calcification (CAC) and coronary artery disease (CAD) in them.

Design: Cross-sectional.

The Low-Flow-Mediated Arterial Constriction in the Upper Limbs of Healthy Human Subjects are Artery Specific and Handedness Independent.

Low-flow-mediated constriction (LFMC) has been used to assess resting endothelial function in peripheral conduit arteries. The literature describes discrepancies in the behaviour of radial versus brachial artery in response to low-flow state, the reasons for which were not addressed in a systematic and scientific way. Moreover, the influence of handedness on observed LFMC responses has not been investigated.