Early microvascular and macrovascular dysfunction is not accompanied by structural arterial injury in polycystic ovary syndrome

Krystallenia Alexandraki, Athanasios D. Protogerou, Theodoros G. Papaioannou, Christina Piperi, George Mastorakos, John Lekakis, Dimitrios Panidis, Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis

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OBJECTIVE: During the last decade cardiovascular risk factors and endothelial dysfunction have been shown to be present early in life in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). The aim of the present study was a global assessment of abnormalities in the arterial bed of young women with PCOS by non-invasive, reproducible methods…