Abstracts tagged "Cardiovascular disease and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)"

Abstract Number: 2182 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. a 10 Years Follow-up Study
Karina Glick¹, Irina Novofastovski², Naama Schwartz³ and Reuven Mader², ¹Medicine C, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel, Afula, Israel, ²Rheumatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel, Afula, Israel, ³Biostatistics, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel, Afula, Israel
Background/Purpose: DISH has been reported to be associated with constitutional and metabolic derangement. In particular, patients with DISH were reported to bear a higher cardiovascular…