Atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthtritis: The role of high-resolution B mode ultrasound in the measurement of the arterial intima-media thickness;Aterosclerosi nell'artrite reumatoide: Ruolo dell'ecografia ad alta risoluzione nella valutazione dello spessore arterioso medio-intimale

Reumatismo

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-49

  Carotti, M ^a   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Mangiacotti, M ^a   Cerioni, A ^a   Giuseppetti, G M ^a   Grassi, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Color Doppler; High resolution B mode ultrasound; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MONOTHERAPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTIMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34447286484     PISSN: 00487449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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