Impact of traditional therapies and biologics on cardiovascular diseases in rheumatoid arthritis

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-227

  Boyer, Jean Frédéric ^a,b   Cantagrel, Alain ^a,b   Constantin, Arnaud ^a,b,c  

^a SERVICE DE PNEUMOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Biologics; Cardiovascular diseases; Disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs; Glucocorticoids; Nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ATORVASTATIN; CELECOXIB; DICLOFENAC; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ETORICOXIB; EZETIMIBE; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IBUPROFEN; INFLIXIMAB; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LUMIRACOXIB; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARECOXIB; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ROFECOXIB; SIMVASTATIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALDECOXIB; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; STROKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 53449084583     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016108784911975     Document Type: Review

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