Abstract Number: 1766 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Abdominal Adipose Tissue Predicts Incident Major Cardiovascular Events in Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitis Patients: Data from a Prospective Cohort Study on 120 Patients
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) events are highly prevalent in patients with systemic necrotizing vasculitides (SNV). The visceral/subcutaneous adipose tissue (VAT/SAT) ratio has been shown to be…