Is small artery elasticity decreased prior to intima-media thickening in patients with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2133-2140

  Hinkema, Helmy J ^a   Nienhuis, Hans L A ^a   De Groot, Lodewijk ^a   Smit, Andries J ^a   Van Roon, Arie M ^a   Bijl, Marc ^a   Posthumus, Marcel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelial dysfunction; Rheumatoid arthritis; Small artery elasticity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80053551876     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100989     Document Type: Article

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