cardiovascular disease and reactive arthritis Archives

Abstract Number: 1254 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
In Treatment-Naive Early RA the Left Ventricular Function Is Correlated to CRP, Doctors Global and Anti-CCP Status
BB Løgstrup¹, LD Kristensen¹, A. Hedemann-Andersen² and Torkell Ellingsen³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Centre Region Hospital Silkeborg Denmark, Silkeborg, Denmark, ²Department of Radiology, Diagnostic Centre Region Hospital Silkeborg Denmark, Silkeborg, Denmark, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Centre Regional Hospital Silkeborg, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The role of inflammation and anti-CCP status in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease in RA remains unclear. Previous studies have suggested that both disease…

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