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Background Surgical early menopause is early menopause due to medical reasons rather than the natural aging process. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx) are simple and non-invasive parameters for assessment of arterial stiffness. The aim of this study investigated the arterial stiffness in the surgical early menopause patients. Material and Method We included 40 patients with surgical early menopause and 40 healthy controls for the study. The patients’ arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters were measured with Mobil-O-Graph NG (IEM GmbH, Stolberg, Germany) 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor arteriography. Result There was no difference between the groups in baseline demographic, laboratory, and echocardiographic parameters. In patients with surgical early menopause (n=40), the etiology was malignancy in 27 (67.5%), myoma in 11 (27.5%) and bleeding in 2 (5%) patients. PWV was significantly higher in the early menopause group (6.5 m/s, (4.7-8.2) versus 5.6 m/s, (4.5-9.0 m/s); P<0.001), but there was no statistically significant difference in Alx (28.3±10.9% versus 27.4±9.0%; P=0.69). Also, there was no statistically significant difference in terms of cardiac hemodynamic parameters and central aortic pressures. Conclusion Arterial stiffness is significantly increased in surgical early menopause patients compared with healthy subjects independent of other risk factors.

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