Urinary albumin excretion in rheumatoid arthritis is not associated with markers of vasculopathy in distal microvascular beds.

Panagiota AnyfantiAreti TriantafyllouEugenia GkaliagkousiXenophon ZabulisPanagiotis DolgyrasVasiliki GalanopoulouSpyros AslanidisStella Douma

Published in: Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) (2018)

Among RA patients, UAE was not associated with markers of vasculopathy in distal microvascular beds. Increased UAE in RA might be primarily considered as a manifestation of localized, compromised function of the renal microvasculature, rather than a marker of generalized microvascular impairment.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
end stage renal disease
disease activity
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
minimally invasive
newly diagnosed
ankylosing spondylitis
interstitial lung disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
systemic lupus erythematosus
systemic sclerosis