Predictor Factors of Atherosclerosis and Atherosclerosis Plaque in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

[Rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis].

Evidence continue to accumulate indicating that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) present an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (and death). The risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in RA are not fully understood. However, a number of possible factors have been described, but more than one may be efficient, such as homocysteine, presence of antiphospholipid antibodies, alt...

Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis

1Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, 39008 Santander, Spain 2Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Medicine, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Sciences Center, 98 Nagyerdei Street, Debrecen H-4032, Hungary 3Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands 4Research Unit...

Subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression of literature studies evaluating the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CCAIMT) and on the prevalence of carotid plaques. Studies evaluating the relationship between RA and markers of cardiovascular (CV) risk (CCA-IMT and prevalence of carotid plaques) were systematically se...

Carotid atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid nodules.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether an association exists between the presence of rheumatoid nodules and thickening of the intima-media and plaque of the carotid artery, which is evidence of atherosclerosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Observational, cross-sectional study of 124 patients with rheumatoid arthritis from a University Hospital clinic from 2005 to 2006. We divided the patients into 2 groups,...

Atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis.