Early prediction of increased arterial stiffness in patients with chronic inflammation: A 15-year followup study of 108 patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 606-612

  Provan, Sella A ^a   Angel, Kristin ^b   Semb, Anne Grete ^a   Mowinckel, Petter ^a   Agewall, Stefan ^b   Atar, Dan ^b   Kvien, Tore K ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Augmentation index; C reactive protein; Cardiovascular disease; Inflammation; Pulse wave velocity; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953312454     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100689     Document Type: Article

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