ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 285 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Preethi Mani1, Kiyoko Uno2, Katherine Wolski3, Steven J. Spalding4, Stephen J. Nicholls5 and M. Elaine Husni6, 1Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 2Cardiovascular medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 3Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 4Pediatric Institute, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 5Clinical Research Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 6Rheumatology Dept A50, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Previous literature supports an increase in cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality in adults with inflammatory joint disease, however it is not known whether children with…