2015
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.5146
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THU0162 The Correlation Between Carotid Ultrasound, Coronary Artery Calcification Score and Lipid Profile in Patients with RA

Abstract: BackgroundRA is a proatherogenic diseases, but detection of patients with moderate/high risk cardiovascular event has some differences with the general population.ObjectivesTo determine the correlation between Coronary Artery Calcification Score (CACS), carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), lipid profile and coronary risk evaluation by SCORE and mSCORE in detecting subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.MethodsA set of 87 consecutive RA patients in the mean age 45,2±1,56 without his… Show more

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