ESPE Abstracts

Background: Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide and both high and low blood pressures are associated with various chronic disease. Thyroid hormones have profound effects on cardiovascular function, including effects on blood pressure.Objective and hypotheses: Recent studies suggest that early life high blood pressure could be attributed to hypertension in late adulthood. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the association...

Background: Patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) presents with primary skeletal manifestations such as tall stature, chest wall abnormality, and scoliosis. And these primary skeletal manifestations affect the growth pattern in MFS. Therefore, it is not appropriate to use normal growth charts to evaluate the growth status of MFS.Objective and hypotheses: We aimed to develop disease-specific growth charts for Korean MFS patients and to use these growth char...