Current limitations in the management of cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-232

  Scott, Ian C ^a,b,c   Ibrahim, Fowzia ^b   Johnson, Deborah ^c   Scott, David ^b,d   Kingsley, Gabrielle ^b,c  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Inflammation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863754363     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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