Abstracts tagged "arteriosclerosis and nephritis"

Abstract Number: 721 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
The Burden of Renal Arteriosclerosis in Lupus Nephritis: A Cohort Study Examining Prevalence and Predictors of Renal Arteriosclerosis
Shivani Garg¹, Sarah Panzer², Mike Semanik³ and Christie M. Bartels⁴, ¹Rheumatology/ Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Fitchburg, WI, ²Nephrology/ Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³Nephrology/ Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is significantly accelerated in young systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) patients including those with lupus nephritis (LN). Despite literature suggesting that renal…