atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease Archives

Abstract Number: 2644 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Plaque in Mexican Mestizos with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case-Control Study
Iris J. Colunga-Pedraza¹, Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado¹, Alberto Cardenas-de La Garza¹, Ana L. Sanchez-Nuñez¹, Samantha L. Segarra-Linares¹, Rocío A. Carrillo-Palacios¹, David Vega-Morales¹, Fernando Góngora-Rivera² and Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Neurology., Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are at risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD). The specific reason of this situation is still debatable. Subclinical atherosclerosis…
Abstract Number: 1647 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Relationship Between Apom/S1P Levels and Atherosclerosis in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sonali Narain¹, Sylvain Galvani², Christina Christoffersen³, Peiying Yang⁴, Maureen A. McMahon⁵, Timothy Hla² and Jane E. Salmon¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Vascular Biology, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Gen Oncology Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: SLE patients are at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). In some SLE patients, high density lipoprotein (HDL) has impaired vasoprotective effects, and this…
Abstract Number: 865 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Cardiovascular Events Prior to or Early after Diagnosis of SLE
Murray B. Urowitz¹, Dafna D. Gladman¹, Nicole Anderson², Dominique Ibanez³ and Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)⁴, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Toronto Western Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital (Coordinating Center), Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: A large multicenter multinational inception cohort was established to study risk factors for atherosclerosis (AS) in SLE. Previous studies have shown a history of…

Abstracts tagged "atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease"

Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Plaque in Mexican Mestizos with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case-Control Study

Relationship Between Apom/S1P Levels and Atherosclerosis in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Cardiovascular Events Prior to or Early after Diagnosis of SLE