Statin indication according to the 2019 World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts and carotid ultrasound in Mexican mestizo rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Dionicio Ángel Galarza-DelgadoIris Jazmin Colunga-PedrazaJose Ramon Azpiri-LopezNatalia Guajardo-JaureguiAlejandra Berenice Rodriguez-RomeroJulieta Loya-AcostaAlejandro Meza-GarzaJesus A Cardenas-de la GarzaSalvador Lugo-PerezJessica N Castillo-TreviñoPublished in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2022)
The WHO CVD risk charts failed to identify a large proportion of patients with subclinical atherosclerosis detected by the carotid ultrasound and the concordance between both methods was poor. Therefore, carotid ultrasound should be considered in the cardiovascular evaluation of RA patients.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular disease
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- disease activity
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ultrasound guided
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronary artery disease
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- cardiovascular events
- systemic sclerosis
- patient reported
- interstitial lung disease