Association Between Anti-Citrullinated Fibrinogen Antibodies and Coronary Artery Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Boris P HejblumJing CuiLauren J LaheyAndrew CaganJeffrey A SparksJeremy SokoloveTianxi CaiKatherine P LiaoPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2018)
Anti-Cit-fibrinogen antibodies as a group were associated with CAD outcomes in our RA cohort, with the strongest signal for association arising from a subset of the autoantibodies.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ankylosing spondylitis
- cardiovascular events
- interstitial lung disease
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- heart failure
- cardiovascular disease
- metabolic syndrome
- systemic sclerosis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- atrial fibrillation