Increased thickness of the arterial intima‐media detected by ultrasonography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Kumeda, Yasuro; Inaba, Masaaki; Goto, Hitoshi; Nagata, Mayumi; Henmi, Yasuko; Furumitsu, Yutaka; Ishimura, Eiji; Inui, Kentaro; Yutani, Y; Miki, Takami; Shoji, Tetsuo; Nishizawà, Yoshiki

doi:10.1002/art.10269

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Increased thickness of the arterial intima‐media detected by ultrasonography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Published in Arthritis & Rheumatism • Jun 1, 2002

Authors:

Yasuro Kumeda

Masaaki Inaba

Hitoshi Goto

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether arterial wall thickening is advanced in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients compared with healthy controls by measuring the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid and femoral arteries, and to evaluate the factors associated with arterial IMT in patients wit...

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Medicine

Rheumatoid arthritis

Intima-media thickness

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