Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

Shoenfeld, Yehuda; Gerli, Roberto; Doria, Andrea; Matsuura, Eiji; Matucci‐Cerinic, Marco; Ronda, Nicoletta; J. Jara, Luis; Abu‐Shakra, Mahmoud; Luigi Meroni, Pier; Sherer, Yaniv

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.104.507996

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Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

Published in Circulation • Nov 21, 2005

Authors:

Yehuda Shoenfeld

Roberto Gerli

Andrea Doria

Abstract

Enhanced and premature atherosclerosis is a feature of some AIRDs and a possible feature of others because of inflammation and more specific immune mechanisms (Table 3). RA, SLE, and APS carry an increased risk for CVD. RA and SLE are characterized by an increased risk of coronary artery disease and...

Subject

Medicine

Rheumatic disease

Autoimmune disease

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