cardiovascular disease and ultrasonography Archives

Abstract Number: 620 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Arterial Elasticity by 2 Dimensional Circumferential Strain and Beta Stiffness Index in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Helena DElia¹, Lucy Law ¹, Karin Bengtsson ², Mats Geijer ³, Stefan Soderberg ⁴ and Per Lindqvist ⁵, ¹Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå, Sweden, ²Department of Inflammation and Rheumatology Research, Göteborg, Sweden, ³Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Göteborg, Sweden, ⁴Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Medicine,, Umeå, Sweden, ⁵Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Umeå, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is associated with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and increased mortality. Arterial stiffness is associated with atherosclerosis and CV events.…

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