Cardiovascular Events in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

This article estimates the frequency of cardiovascular (CV) events that occurred after diagnosis in a large Spanish cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and investigates the main risk factors for atherosclerosis. RELESSER is a nationwide multicenter, hospital-based registry of ss-sectional study. Demographic and clinical traditional risk factors, and CV events were s defined as a myocardial infarction, angina, evised: June 22, 2015; accepted: June 23, 2015. ı́a (AFN), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica al Universitario de Málaga, Universidad de nt of Rheumatology (ÍRF), Dr Negrı́n General Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria; logy (FLL), Gregorio Marañón University Rheumatology (MGI), Doce de Octubre drid; Department of Rheumatology (JCA), lavega; Department of Rheumatology (AOM), versity Hospital, Badalona; UGC Reumatologı́a gación Biomédica (IBIMA), Hospital Regional niversidad de Málaga, Málaga; Research Unit of matology (MMM), Madrid; Department of ués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santanatology (RMG), Hospital Complex of Ourense, heumatology (JIR), POVISA Hospital, Vigo; gy (JBV), Alicante General University Hospital, heumatology (ETM), La Princesa University ent of Rheumatology (EUI), Donosti University partment of Rheumatology (LHR), Navarra tment of Rheumatology (MFG), Juan Canalejo Coruña; Department of Rheumatology (JN), ital, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology University Hospital, Madrid; Department of rina Baixa University Hospital, Villajoyosa, heumatology (JAS), Puerta del Hierro-Majadaand University Hospital Complex (JMPR), iomédica de Vigo (IBIV), Vigo, Spain. ernández-Nebro, UGC Reumatologı́a, Instituto dica (IBIMA), Hospital Regional Universitario d de Málaga, Plaza Hospital Civil s/n, Málaga [email protected]). Grant 316265 (BIOCAPS) from the European Program (FP7/REGPOT-2012–2013.1). cts of interest to disclose. Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. ticle distributed under the Creative Commons ial-NoDerivatives License 4.0, where it is share and reproduce the work in any medium, d. The work cannot be changed in any way or