Abstracts tagged "biopsies and arteriosclerosis"

Abstract Number: 1564 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Renal Arteriosclerosis Predicts Cardiovascular Disease in Lupus Nephritis
Shivani Garg¹, Sarah Panzer ², Karen Hansen ³, Callie Plafkin ⁴, Maureen Smith ² and Christie Bartels ¹, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ²UW-Madison, Madison, ³UW Madison, Madison, ⁴UW Health, Madison
Background/Purpose: Patients with lupus nephritis (LN) have a 9-fold higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), highlighting the urgent need to target CVD prevention. Studies in…