Abstract:Background: Cardiovascular events are the most serious complications for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). There was limited data regarding arterial stiffness in these patients.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study aiming to determine the prevalence of arterial stiffness that was evaluated by cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) in patients with polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and primary myelo brosis (PMF). We de ned arterial stiffness as a mean CAVI of 8.0 or more. … Show more
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