Carotid intima-media thickness and endothelial function: useful surrogate markers for establishing cardiovascular risk in patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease
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We read with interest the editorial by Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Kitas [1], in which they consider whether carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) a surrogate marker of atherosclerosis might be a good predictor of future cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They state that it remains an open question, because no long-term studies have documented such an association in patients with RA. We are pleased to provide the readers of this journal with an answer to this question.
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Carotid intima-media thickness and endothelial function: useful surrogate markers for establishing cardiovascular risk in patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease – authors' response
We thank Gonzalez-Juanatey and colleagues [1] for their response to our editorial [2]. They refer to their interesting recent work [3], reporting that carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is associated with future cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although this is potentially important, because this was a longitudinal observational study conducted over a 5-year p...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Arthritis Research & Therapy
دوره 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008