Assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis with ankle-brachial index in psoriatic arthritis: A case-control study.
Serhad BilimAfitap IçağasioğluAyla AkbalEsen Kasapoğlu GünalSıdıka GürselPublished in: Archives of rheumatology (2021)
Lower ABI was found in PsA patients than healthy controls even in those matched with traditional cardiovascular risk factors. All participants with borderline ABI were in the patient group. Borderline ABI was associated with disease activity and disease duration.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- cardiovascular risk factors
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular disease
- prostate cancer
- ejection fraction
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- newly diagnosed
- case report
- peritoneal dialysis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- peripheral artery disease