Different type of carotid arterial wall remodeling in rheumatoid arthritis compared with healthy subjects: A case-control study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2261-2266

  Van Sijl, Alper M ^a,b   Van Den Hurk, Katja ^c   Peters, Mike J L ^c   Van Halm, Vokko P ^d   Nijpels, Giel ^c   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^e   Smulders, Yvo M ^c   Voskuyl, Alexandre E ^b   Dekker, Jacqueline M ^c   Nurmohamed, Michael T ^a,c  

^a Jan Van Breemen Research Institute/Reade   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Carotid arterial wall remodeling; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84870386489     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120617     Document Type: Article

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