The emerging role of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-233

  Schillaci, Giuseppe ^a   Pucci, Giacomo ^a   Pirro, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMPLIANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASODILATION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65349099448     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.03.022     Document Type: Editorial

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