Subclinical coronary artery disease in Asian rheumatoid arthritis patients who were in remission: A pilot study

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-229

  Ma, Hanim N ^a   Teh, C L ^a   Rapaee, A ^b   Lau, K B ^a   Fong, Alan Y Y ^a   Hi, Sithy ^a   Chang, B C ^a   Yew, K L ^a   Liew, H B ^a   Ang, C K ^a   Ong, T K ^a   Chua, S K ^a   Chin, Rowland W M ^a   Sim, K H ^a  

^a SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CAD; MDCT; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ARTERIES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955381823     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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