Subclinical coronary artery calcification and relationship to disease duration in women with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Kao, Amy H ^a,g   Krishnaswami, Shanthi ^b   Cunningham, Amylynn ^c   Edmundowicz, Daniel ^d   Morel, Penelope A ^e   Kuller, Lewis H ^f   Wasko, Mary Chester M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g S721 Biomedical Science Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery calcification; Disease duration; Electron beam tomography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38149116984     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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