Carotid artery plaque in women with rheumatoid arthritis and low estimated cardiovascular disease risk: A cross-sectional study

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Corrales, Alfonso ^a   Dessein, Patrick H ^b,e   Tsang, Linda ^b   Pina, Trinitario ^a   Blanco, Ricardo ^a   Gonzalez Juanatey, Carlos ^c   Llorca, Javier ^d   Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a Department of Epidemiology Genetics and Atherosclerosis Research Group on Systemic Inflammatory Diseases Rheumatology Division   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Hospital Lucus Augusti   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84925832958     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0576-7     Document Type: Article

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