Clinical significance of brachial flow-mediated dilation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-33

  Watanabe, Tsuneo ^a   Takemura, Masao ^a   Sato, Masao ^a   Matsunami, Hidetoshi ^b   Seishima, Mitsuru ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a   Matsuoka, Toshio ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brachial flow mediated dilation; Carotid intima media thickness; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; BUCILLAMINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL FLOW-MEDIATED DILATION; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASODILATION;

EID: 84893651169     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.12021     Document Type: Article

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