Carotid ultrasound findings in rheumatoid arthritis and control subjects: A case-control study.
Martin I Wah-SuarezDionicio A Galarza-DelgadoJose R Azpiri-LopezIris J Colunga-PedrazaEstefania Elizabeth Abundis-MárquezJose A Davila-JimenezCinthia Y Guillen-GutierrezGuillermo Elizondo-RiojasPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2018)
It was confirmed that RA-patients have greater subclinical atherosclerosis represented in the carotid US measuring cIMT and CP as surrogates. RA-patients with subclinical atherosclerotic disease have more heterogeneous plaques characteristics.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- ankylosing spondylitis
- chronic kidney disease
- cardiovascular disease
- interstitial lung disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- patient reported outcomes
- type diabetes
- systemic sclerosis
- ultrasound guided