Subclinical peripheral arterial disease in rheumatoid arthritis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 305-309

  Stamatelopoulos, Kimon S ^a   Kitas, George D ^b,c   Papamichael, Christos M ^a   Kyrkou, Katerina ^a   Zampeli, Evangelia ^d   Fragiadaki, Kalliopi ^d   Panoulas, Vasileios F ^b,c   Mavrikakis, Myron ^a   Sfikakis, Petros P ^d  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Femoral artery; Inflammation; Preclinical atherosclerosis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956230555     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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