Abstracts tagged "atherosclerosis and inflammatory arthritis"

Abstract Number: 2329 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Carotid Atherosclerosis Is Associated with Compromised Volumetric Bone Mineral Density and Microarchitecture in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis
Isaac T. Cheng¹, Qing Shang², Edmund Kwok Ming Li², Priscilla Wong¹, Emily WL Kun³, Martin Li⁴, Tena K. Li¹, Tracy Y. Zhu⁵, PW Alex Lee², Ling Qin⁶ and Lai-Shan Tam⁴, ¹Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, ²Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ³Department of Medicine, Tai Po Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁴Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ⁵Bone Quality and Health Centre of the Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, ⁶Bone Quality and Health Centre of the Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis patients had increased risk of atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. The association between presence of carotid plaque and volumetric BMD (vBMD)/microarchitecture is yet to…