Cardiovascular co-morbidity in patients with rheumatic diseases
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Cardiovascular co-morbidity in patients with rheumatic diseases
During recent years atherosclerosis, the major cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD), has been recognised as a chronic inflammatory condition in which rupture of atherosclerotic lesions appears to play a major role. The risk of CVD is raised in many rheumatic diseases. This risk is high in systemic lupus erythematosus - as much as a 50-times increase among middle-aged women has been reported. S...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis Research & Therapy
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1478-6354
DOI: 10.1186/ar3326