Impaired brachial artery flow-mediated dilation and increased carotid intima-media thickness in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 832-837

  Fan, Chun Yan ^a   Zhang, Zhi Yi ^a   Mei, Yi Fang ^a   Wu, Chang Jun ^a   Shen, Bao Zhong ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Flow mediated dilation; Intima media thickness; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84863376912     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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