Abstracts tagged "Atherosclerosis and myeloperoxidase (MPO)"

Abstract Number: 1827 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Plasma Myeloperoxidase Levels Are Inversely Associated with Carotid Plaque in SLE
Maureen A. McMahon^1,2, Jennifer M. Grossman^3,4,5, Lori Sahakian^6,7, Elaine Lourenco⁸, John FitzGerald^9,10, Christina Charles-Schoeman³, Alan Gorn^3,10, Michael Weisman¹¹, Daniel J Wallace^12,13, Bevra H. Hahn^3,14 and Brian Skaggs³, ¹Div of Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Div of Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Rheumatology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine,, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Rheumatology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ¹¹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: : Women with SLE have increased risk of atherosclerosis (ATH) that is not adequately explained by traditional risk factors. We previously discovered that a…