Cardiovascular events in patients with mild autonomous cortisol secretion: analysis with artificial neural networks.

Journal: European journal of endocrinology
Published Date: Jul 1, 2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The independent role of mild autonomous cortisol secretion (ACS) in influencing the cardiovascular event (CVE) occurrence is a topic of interest. We investigated the role of mild ACS in the CVE occurrence in patients with adrenal incidentaloma (AI) by standard statistics and artificial neural networks (ANNs).

Authors

  • Valentina Morelli
    Department of Medical Sciences and Community HealthUniversity of Milan, Milan, Italy.
  • Serena Palmieri
    Department of Medical Sciences and Community HealthUniversity of Milan, Milan, Italy.
  • Andrea Lania
    Endocrine UnitIRCCS Humanitas Clinical Institute, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
  • Alberto Tresoldi
    Department of Medical Sciences and Community HealthUniversity of Milan, Milan, Italy.
  • Sabrina Corbetta
    Department of Biomedical SciencesUnit of Endocrinology, University of Milan, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
  • Elisa Cairoli
    Department of Medical Sciences and Community HealthUniversity of Milan, Milan, Italy.
  • Cristina Eller-Vainicher
    Unit of Endocrinology and Metabolic DiseasesIRCCS Cà Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
  • Maura Arosio
    Department of Medical Sciences and Community HealthUniversity of Milan, Milan, Italy.
  • Massimiliano Copetti
  • Enzo Grossi
    Villa Santa Maria Foundation, Tavernerio, Italy. enzo.grossi@bracco.com.
  • Iacopo Chiodini
    Department of Medical Sciences and Community HealthUniversity of Milan, Milan, Italy.

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