Prevalence and relation to risk factors of carotid atherosclerosis and left ventricular hypertrophy in systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 663-666

  Roman, Mary J ^a,c   Salmon, Jane E ^b   Sobel, Rachel ^b   Lockshin, Michael D ^b   Sammaritano, Lisa ^b   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEPHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK;

EID: 0035282653     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)01453-3     Document Type: Article

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