Clinical and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with systemic sclerosis: an observational, multicentre study of GIRRCS (Gruppo Italiano di Ricerca in Reumatologia Clinica e Sperimentale).
Vasiliki LiakouliIgnazio VerdePiero RuscittiClaudio Di VicoAnnarita RuggieroDaniele MauroGiulio ForteLuca NavariniStefano Di DonatoPietro BearziMarco MinerbaNicoletta BertoliniElvira FavoinoGiulia Maria Destro CastanitiRoberto D'AlessandroVirginia BerlengieroNoemi ItalianoFrancesca BellisaiFrancesco CasoGiuliana GugginoAda CorradoPaola TriggianeseAlberto Lo GulloGiuseppe MandraffinoLuca CantariniPaola CiprianiFrancesco Paolo CantatoreMaria Sole ChimentiFederico PerosaAnnamaria IagnoccoLudovico DocimoRoberto GiacomelliFrancesco CicciaPublished in: Clinical and experimental rheumatology (2024)
A higher prevalence of clinical and subclinical atherosclerosis was detected in SSc Italian patients and correlated with traditional and SSc-related risk factors.
Keyphrases
- systemic sclerosis
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- interstitial lung disease
- cardiovascular disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- escherichia coli
- rheumatoid arthritis
- cross sectional
- patient reported outcomes
- biofilm formation
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis