Rheumatoid Arthritis Is an Independent Risk Factor for an Increased Augmentation Index Regardless of the Coexistence of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-22

  Pieringer, Herwig ^a,b   Brummaier, Tobias ^a   Schmid, Michael ^a   Pichler, Max ^b   Hayat Khayyati, Avida ^a   Ebner, Stefan ^a   Biesenbach, Georg ^a   Pohanka, Erich ^a,c  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Augmentation index; Cardiovascular disease; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPLANATION TONOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TONOMETRY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84864081109     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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