Independent association of rheumatoid arthritis with increased left ventricular mass but not with reduced ejection fraction

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-29

  Rudominer, Rebecca L ^a   Roman, Mary J ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^a   Paget, Stephen A ^b   Schwartz, Joseph E ^c   Lockshin, Michael D ^b   Crow, Mary K ^b   Sammaritano, Lisa ^b   Levine, Daniel M ^a   Salmon, Jane E ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 58249112753     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24148     Document Type: Article

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