Abstracts tagged "cardiovascular disease and lipids"

Abstract Number: 146 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rates of Lipid Testing and Statin Prescription Filling Among U.S. Medicaid Recipients with SLE, 2007-2010
Sarah Chen¹, Michael A. Fischer², Hongshu Guan³, Medha Barbhaiya⁴ and Karen H. Costenbader⁵, ¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ⁵Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Given high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks in SLE patients, lipid testing and statin prescription are widely advocated for those with elevated risks. We examined…
Abstract Number: 2455 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Lipid Profile Improves In Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis Responding To TNF Blocking Therapy
Sjoerd C. Heslinga^1,2, Irene E. Van der Horst-Bruinsma^3,4, Alper M. van Sijl^2,3 and Michael T Nurmohamed^1,5, ¹Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have a decreased life expectancy due to an increased cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, dyslipidemia, overweight,…

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