Hemochromatosis associated with endothelial dysfunction: evidence for the role of iron stores in early atherogenesis

Abstract

Impaired endothelium-dependent, flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery was observed in a 50-year-old premenopausal female non-smoker with idiopathic hemochromatosis. Endothelial dysfunction observed in this patient supports a relationship between body iron stores and early atherosclerotic process.

Keywords

endothelial function hemochromatosis iron stores

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