Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease in the Autoimmune Rheumatologic Patient

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Mankad, Rekha ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Atherosclerotic vascular disease; Autoimmunity; Cardiovascular risk; Inflammation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TOBACCO SMOKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; VASCULITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84923850729     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-015-0497-6     Document Type: Review

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