Coronary Artery Calcification and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Lack of Relationship to Risk Alleles for Coronary Artery Disease in the General Population.
Iván Ferraz-AmaroRobert WinchesterPeter K GregersenRichard J ReynoldsMary Chester WaskoAnette OeserCecilia P ChungC Michael SteinJon T GilesJoan M BathonPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2017)
The increased risk of CAC in patients with RA does not appear to operate primarily through established genetically regulated atherogenic mechanisms that are preponderant in the general population.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease
- disease activity
- pulmonary artery
- ankylosing spondylitis
- interstitial lung disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- chronic kidney disease
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- cardiovascular events
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- heart failure
- type diabetes
- acute coronary syndrome
- low density lipoprotein
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- aortic valve