Increased stiffness of the abdominal aorta in women with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 896-901

  Turesson, Carl ^a   Jacobsson, L ^a   Ahlgren, Å Rydén ^a   Sturfelt, G ^a   Wollmer, P ^a   Lanne T ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial distensibility; Cardiovascular disease; Disease severity; Extra articular manifestations; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 22844449569     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh607     Document Type: Article

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