Clinical assessment of endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A meta-analysis of literature studies

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 835-842

  Di Minno, Matteo Nicola Dario ^a   Ambrosino, Pasquale ^b   Lupoli, Roberta ^b   Di Minno, Alessandro ^b   Tasso, Marco ^b   Peluso, Rosario ^b   Tremoli, Elena ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Endothelial dysfunction; Flow mediated dilation; Nitrate mediated dilation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; NITRATE MEDIATED DILATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPLICATION; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84950326484     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2015.10.016     Document Type: Article

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