Atherosclerosis in early rheumatoid arthritis: very early endothelial activation and rapid progression of intima media thickness
Open Access
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Arthritis Research & Therapy
- Vol. 12 (4), R158
- https://doi.org/10.1186/ar3116
Abstract
In this study we aimed to investigate whether there are indications of premature atherosclerosis, as measured by endothelial dependent flow-mediated dilation (ED-FMD) and intima media thickness (IMT), in patients with very early RA, and to analyze its relation to biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction, taking inflammation and traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors into account.This publication has 42 references indexed in Scilit:
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