Carotid arterial stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis assessed by Speckle tracking strain imaging: Its association with carotid atherosclerosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 720-728

  Lee, J H ^a   Cho, K I ^a   Kim, S M ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Strain; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; BUCILLAMINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TACROLIMUS;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; INTIMA; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; LABORATORY TEST; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECKLE TRACKING STRAIN IMAGING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THICKNESS; TUNICA MEDIA; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84870266454     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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